Hi Peter (and everyone)
I was reluctant to mention that option - that birding-aus members and
friends could put up the money and purchase Glenelg as some sort of
cooperative - whilst I'd be prepared to consider a couple of
thousand, there's clearly MANY more issues to consider! But you are
right, with enough people we could do it. Organising a management
team would be quite another thing though!!
It's the numbers that bring us unstuck rather quickly. If ALL
members could contribute, it would cost us each about $2,400. I'd
guess that maybe 80 or 100 members would be in a position to put up
that sort of cash - which of course would mean we'd then need about
$12-$15,000 each. That figure would in turn preclude at least half
of the contributors, so we'd each need to double the investment - at
$25,000 - $30,000 or more per contributor it then clearly goes beyond
a feel-good "let's save this habitat" effort. I wonder how many
would still be left to throw this amount into the venture. Probably
not the 40 members we'd need....
So - who are the four members left with the half-million dollar
interest in Glenelg?? Sadly, not this one...
Russell
On 08/06/2005, at 7:03 PM, Peter Madvig wrote:
Russell wrote:-
"....if every birding-aus subscriber put up about $2400
we could buy it ourselves ...."
Well,
Russell...why not?? Should we start a list???!!!
Bear in mind, that money also needs to go towards procuring a
manager and general working capital - but a fascinating thought.
So many 'good causes' can be paid for when a particular number of
people put their minds to it...
Will it catch on?...
Cheers,
Peter Madvig
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