I hardly recognize myself in the person who is kicking up the dust on the Thrift Store Grant-Giving Committee.
But the more I think about it, the more rigged it seems,
so I just now sent an e-mail to the committee asking why a member of a grant-seeking organization is on the grant-awarding committee.
For some perspective, I looked up "Setting up a grant committee" and in the Community Toolbox--a partnership of the U of Kansas & community organizations-- and I found this advice:
Avoid even the appearance of "stacking the deck" on your grant committees.
I'd say that including on the grant-giving committee an active member of the organization that has always received the largest grants gives that appearance (at the very least).
But the more I think about it, the more rigged it seems,
so I just now sent an e-mail to the committee asking why a member of a grant-seeking organization is on the grant-awarding committee.
For some perspective, I looked up "Setting up a grant committee" and in the Community Toolbox--a partnership of the U of Kansas & community organizations-- and I found this advice:
Avoid even the appearance of "stacking the deck" on your grant committees.
I'd say that including on the grant-giving committee an active member of the organization that has always received the largest grants gives that appearance (at the very least).
