I was considering joining a non profit board and was doing research on a the topic of executive director compensation. I really had no idea how salaries and compensation packages were determined and the size of them for non profits. In doing my research I was very taken back by our local public broadcaster WXXI. Norm Silverstein is paid $375,000 dollars per year. This, at least to me, feels uncomfortable and not appropriate. In addition, i noticed that he is has his own website (www.normsilverstein.com) where he is selling his own services. Doesnt he make enough money? Is this appropriate? Does the board support this? He certainly isnt promoting WXXI on the website and isnt using WXXI's phone number. For the large salary he is paid from WXXI, every waking moment of his time should be focused on WXXI not on himself should it not? I bring this up as a discussion point because this kind of stuff has given me a moment to think that perhaps I should not get involved in non profit board management. I really don't know if this is normal or unique. But I would not want to support this kind of stuff.
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Non Profit Executive Compensation
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Tax Exempt today is primarily a tax status these days.
Yes, if you are on the board for a local charity that runs a Thrift Store in a run down store-front area of town to raise some money to keep the ducks fed that live on the pond in the town square, you probably won't get a pay-check and neither will the board chairman. May not even get a title quite that fancy.
Many major hospitals are "not for profit" organizations. Your example is a piker. Where I live there was an article in the paper about pay levels of the hospital C-E-Os in our metro area. The "winner" is the one who get's somewhere just north of $2,000,000 per year in compensation. The rest of them probably won't be buying their wardrobe at the Thrift Store to feed-the-ducks.
NFP organizations face the same equation that big business corporations face: What do we have to pay to get a talent that is good enough at walking and chewing gum at the same time that he/she can make our organization function successfully? And what will it cost us to KEEP them when the competition wants to come and hire our producer away from us.
Yes, if you are on the board for a local charity that runs a Thrift Store in a run down store-front area of town to raise some money to keep the ducks fed that live on the pond in the town square, you probably won't get a pay-check and neither will the board chairman. May not even get a title quite that fancy.
Many major hospitals are "not for profit" organizations. Your example is a piker. Where I live there was an article in the paper about pay levels of the hospital C-E-Os in our metro area. The "winner" is the one who get's somewhere just north of $2,000,000 per year in compensation. The rest of them probably won't be buying their wardrobe at the Thrift Store to feed-the-ducks.
NFP organizations face the same equation that big business corporations face: What do we have to pay to get a talent that is good enough at walking and chewing gum at the same time that he/she can make our organization function successfully? And what will it cost us to KEEP them when the competition wants to come and hire our producer away from us.
I just want to assure readers that I have no idea who "realsirrocksalot" is. I guess that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I actually agree with TheBigA on this one. See, anything IS possible.
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It IS possible this new user wanted the username "sirrocksalot" not realizing SirRocksalot is a regular, contributing member. And when trying to register "sirrocksalot" found he couldn't so he chose a variation... something people do all the time on this thing called the "Internets". If you can't get the email addy you want, you try a variation. Can't get the Facebook address you want, you try a variation; same for Twitter, Flickr, Google+, Pinterest, etc etc etc....
Of course it IS also possible this new user is also trying to spoof people into think he is the real (original) Radio-Info (now RadioDiscussions.com) "SirRocksalot".
In either case... we do have a conundrum as I do not want to have to police all the new registrations for variations of regular members usernames. But what do you all suggest the policy be?
I think I will email the new member as require that there be a username change.
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Haha..no. I specifically told this user to choose a username that does not conflict with another member. : )
I'm lookin' out for ya!
You are correct. The name was taken and I added "real." How do I change it so I dont offend anyone?
I think that the distinguishing part is the "Sir". Perhaps you might select king, queen, lord, earl, duke, or another titular nomenclature.
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I sent you an email. Just reply and let me know a different username that does not conflict with another member (do a quick search on the site). I will change it for you.
Thanks.
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You can put "public" in front of anything and some people will fall in love. Why? Because the opposite of public is private, and to those people, that is bad, bad news. This reminds me of the non-profit WBFO CEO I just posted about last week making at least 284,675 dollars per year. I don't know if WXXI churns out the same useless drivel as WBFO or not, but I find it amusing that people not only donate (pay these big salaries), as bad as the content is, but do so in order to line the pockets of people like this, and then have the nerve to complain about salaries of big shots at a public company (radio or otherwise).
People donate to all kinds of things. What people do with their money is their business.
Finding someone who is qualified to manage multiple broadcasting facilities and lead the fundraising required to keep them solvent is no simple task. It's not inexpensive in the commercial broadcasting world. And, remember, not-for-profit does NOT mean non-profit. It means that the money raised gets spent. In an ideal world, it would get spent on programming and not so much on a slew of VPs.
Suggest you refrain from Derr Führer, Il Duce and Supreme Leader, although Der Kommissar, El Capitan and Monsignor possess a certain je ne sais quoi.
"Stars" in any profession get paid well because there is a shortage of that kind of talent.
Athletes, singers, actors... gifted computer programmers... authors and advertising creatives... and so on.
Managers who grow enterprises get paid whatever it takes to retain them, or the individuals in question will move on. In commercial stations, it is about profits. In non-commercial ones, it is about fund raising and deciding how to use the money.
There's an item on the radio websites today about an LA morning guy who was making $1.8 million who was offered $3.5 million a year by the cheapskates at iHeart. Why? Because they think they will make that money back with increased ratings and revenue.
Many people who are at the top in their fields negotiate to allow outside consulting. Many companies see that the outside experiences add dimension to their leader and thus adds value to having that person in charge.
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