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Triumphant and floored

by on March 27th, 2010

Clockwise from bottom left:

Kelly Trombley, Jodi Tosti, Sandy Demarest, June Peoples, Jackie Sauter, Joel Hurd, Radio Bob, Dale Hobson and – floored, but with an enthusiastic thumbs up – Ellen Rocco.

We’ll get Ellen up and back to her duties generally managing the place, but – really – you floored us all.

Listeners, web surfers and every stripe of supporter helped us reach (and exceed) our goal of $190,000.

It is an astonishing achievement.

Thank you.

Thank you.

A thousand times over.

Thank you.

4 Comments on “Triumphant and floored”

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  1. Anonymous says:
    March 30, 2010 at 10:30 am

    Any hope of a more reasonable goal in the future? Love the station- but seems it's always more. Give as much as I can, but spend the week feeling guilty. why always more? I'd rather have the good radio, and skip some of the "trimmings". Am I alone in that?

  2. Dale Hobson says:
    March 30, 2010 at 10:54 am

    Part of the increase in our Spring goal–set about $10,000 over what we received last year–is inflation. Part is to offset anticpated cuts in NYS support during this extraordinary budget shortfall. We also added transmitters this year, widening the potential donor pool.That being said, we are always interested in ways to make member dollars go further, and to deliver the best for the least. What are some of things we do that you would consider "the trimmings?"

  3. Anonymous says:
    March 30, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    honestly don't know what the trimmings are- I think it's hard for an old fogy like me to know how much something costs- so what I think is valuable may be cheap, and what is expensive something I don't even think of. so.. I trust you to use the money wisely- but it seems so desperate- it just becomes more and more distasteful as the week wears on, and we know what the economy is like. I should just stop listening about tuesday a.m., and keep my grumps to myself- because they do pass.

  4. Dale Hobson says:
    March 31, 2010 at 11:04 am

    Anon 5:49 pm:If the fundraiser sounds desperate to you, then our tone is off. It is a challenge to live with the uncertainty that arises from going to the membership a couple times a year to find out–in efect–what our budget will be. But it is also extremely validating to have ongoing proof that our listeners consistently value our service. The longer I work here, the more I like our business model–being in the gift economy rather than the exchange economy. The relationship is more intimate, and more informative. Most people don't get much feedback on how their work affects people, what its value is to them. And most people find out that they are going wrong in their work life by getting a pink slip. In public radio, we get a constant bead on how we are doing, and can make changes before things go to far awry. Thanks for your trust and support.Dale HobsonNCPR web manager

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