tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736316322349211715.post6777392353405413116..comments2023-08-03T11:20:06.530-04:00Comments on The Nonprofit Road: Comcast's Christmas Present To NonprofitsJim Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04014757251096289089noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736316322349211715.post-9751274366792009402011-03-16T05:47:32.402-04:002011-03-16T05:47:32.402-04:00Verna, you should also research about the accounti...Verna, you should also research about the accounting software called <a href="http://trainingjustforyou.com/quickbooks-training/quickbooks-lecture-training-courses" rel="nofollow">'QuickBooks'. Courses</a> like Accounting majors lately been using the software as a medium for their classes and stuff so I think It's reliable.Sorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617730934216857537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736316322349211715.post-12676183042286219752011-02-02T04:22:21.986-05:002011-02-02T04:22:21.986-05:00Hi, I plan to organize a local, non-profit organiz...Hi, I plan to organize a local, non-profit organization that involves fund-raising and other local activities. Earnings will be donated to local animal-shelters and tree-planting projects. There are about 50 of us, willing to run small stores and services for the organization. May I ask, is it necessary for us to ask for services and help when it comes to <br /><a href="http://www.npsteam.com" rel="nofollow">accounting? Nonprofit</a> organizations need experts to monitor the flow of money, since it's crucial for the team's success but is it really ok? We are all new to this so no one is experienced enough to do the accounting themselves. A friend suggested the <a href="http://www.npsteam.com/products/SAGE_Fundraising.htm" rel="nofollow">SAGE fundraising software</a> - it apparently helps with the listing and organization of members, donors, and donations. It's great and all but I really don't know - what do you think?Verna Derosierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451276051179176065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736316322349211715.post-15154023234238228262011-01-14T03:59:12.803-05:002011-01-14T03:59:12.803-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Verna Derosierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451276051179176065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736316322349211715.post-64539753310683359912011-01-06T17:59:56.129-05:002011-01-06T17:59:56.129-05:00Jim:
This sounds like a neat offer from Comcast, ...Jim:<br /><br />This sounds like a neat offer from Comcast, and you're right that it doesn't matter that it is may be what Comcast sees as necessary to win FCC approval. But a press release and a binding agreement with financial commitments are very different. It makes me nervous when the Comcast spokesperson says, in effect, "trust me, it will be in the order." The FCC as a matter of transparency should release the final order enough days in advance of its vote so that the public can react to its precise terms. Will that happen? <br /><br />-- Bill Densmore / Media Giraffe Project<br /> UMass AmherstAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169240104861319071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736316322349211715.post-20113984302106326412011-01-06T15:26:14.728-05:002011-01-06T15:26:14.728-05:00Jim - I'm pretty skeptical about this promise ...Jim - I'm pretty skeptical about this promise from Comcast, and definitely don't think it alleviates the major concerns about this merger. <br /><br />You are right that it has taken a great deal of pressure from the FCC - and a year of work from public interest groups to get Comcast to budge on local news. <br /><br />But it is worth noting that although Comcast promised to increase news and public affairs programming by 1,000 additional hours a year that only works out to an extra 16 minutes per day, per station. We don't know if this new nonprofit partnership is just their way to fulfill that commitment or over and above those 1,000 hours. <br /><br />And thus far Comcast hasn't made one commitment to news and public affairs on Telemundo, abandoning Spanish speaking communities. This is not the first time Telemundo has been hurt by a media merger. in 2002 when NBCU was trying to buy Telemundo, it promised to expand local Spanish language news programming; but once the merger was approved, NBCU laid off 700 Telemundo employees and eliminated local newscasts at Telemundo stations in Houston, Dallas, Denver, San Jose and Phoenix, replacing them with a single “hubbed” newscast out of Fort Worth, Texas.<br /><br />Finally, Comcast has been making a lot of promises but resisting the FCC's efforts to turn them into enforceable rules. Promises were made to be broken. There are a wide range of other concerns with how this merger will reshape media in America online, on cable and over the air. <br /><br />I've written much more on this here: <br />http://www.savethenews.org/blog/11/01/04/nonprofit-news-and-comcastnbc-merger<br /><br />Disclosure: I have been running a campaign for the past year opposing the Comcast/NBC merger (http://comcast.freepress.net)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com