When I met my husband (late 80’s), he was using this word to refer to a tv remote. I picked it up and we still refer to it that way, but I’ve never heard it anywhere else. Have you?
EDIT: I'm loving all the comments with various other names for a remote control!
clicker
zapper
flipper
doofer
squeaker
gizmo
the controls
the power
I am concerned about the stability of a small nonprofit I volunteer for. We have run into a financial crisis, and our board has voted to take a chunk out of our endowment principal to get us through the lean summer months. But our board president just presented a proposed budget to the board that not only is not lean--it is $50K in the red. There are some egregious irresponsibilities within the budget, as well as some non-core activities which could be suspended until we get back on our feet.
There are some board members who are aware and willing to ask the hard questions. However, many on the board are new, and willing to go along with the president and ED, who currently have a disproportionate amount of sway.
Another longtime volunteer has suggested that we share the proposed budget with our major donor, in hopes that she can bring some pressure. So I have two questions:
in the 501(c)3 world, is it fair/legal/appropriate to share a document that has been presented to the board, but not yet voted on?
If you were me, would you do what you could to save a decades-old organization that has brought a lot of good to the community? or would you let things go the way they will?