Comments on: Every Tide Ebbs… http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/ Drummond Pike's Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:01:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Wendy Wilson http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2392 Wendy Wilson Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:29:34 +0000 http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2392 Drummond - You are a clear and level-headed influence for more than a generation of leaders -- Thanks for all you have done. Let me know if you ever need more laughter on the river! Drummond - You are a clear and level-headed influence for more than a generation of leaders — Thanks for all you have done. Let me know if you ever need more laughter on the river!

]]> By: Brewster Kahle http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2348 Brewster Kahle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:59 +0000 http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2348 Thank you, for building the Tides Center in the Presidio-- not an easy task, I know. It is where my organization, the Internet Archive, got its start. The welcoming nurturing environment was crucial at the early stages. When there was no place at the inn 13 years ago, your organization still found a place for us by temporarily converting a conference room, then helped us get our own buildings in the Presidio. From one small non-profit, thank you for helping give us a good start. Onward! -brewster brewster archive org Thank you, for building the Tides Center in the Presidio– not an easy task, I know. It is where my organization, the Internet Archive, got its start. The welcoming nurturing environment was crucial at the early stages.

When there was no place at the inn 13 years ago, your organization still found a place for us by temporarily converting a conference room, then helped us get our own buildings in the Presidio.

From one small non-profit, thank you for helping give us a good start.

Onward!

-brewster
brewster archive org

]]> By: Dave Moffatt http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2338 Dave Moffatt Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:13:17 +0000 http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2338 Drummond, I think you have had a profound and ultimately immeasurable impact on progressive philanthropy in the US in the past 33 years. I think of the HUNDREDS of initiatives Tides has sponsored; the hundreds of millions of dollars devoted to causes that so often are at the END of most donors' lists; the millions -- millions! -- of lives improved by your vision of a place where good progressive ideas could find a home and some hope for funding -- by progressive funders who themselves needed some guidance. And you seemed to do so in such respectful and unpretentious ways. I have been trying for years to figure out how to get you in contention for the MacArthur grants "Genius" awards, because I firmly believe you have had an enduring influence on the way social change and philanthropy work in this country, and without Tides -- your innovational vision -- we would be bereft of so much good we now take for granted. You materially improved the landscape of the nonprofit world, and I'm not sure many people know this. On a personal note, the years I worked with TIdes and you in the '80s were such a rewarding learning time for me. Thanks for showing me what the whole "nonprofit" world is about. Thanks for throwing me in the deep end many times and making me come out with a grant docket that passed your muster. You were a mentor and friend (still are) and only in retrospect have I realized how good a manager and implementer -- as well as a visionary -- you were. Also, thanks for showing me that Japanese restaurant on Sutter whose name I can't remember. I know you feel it's time to move on and it will hurt your heart in many ways to do so. Best of luck in the transition, and in your future endeavors. Let's see what the tides bring in. Thank you. Dave “The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.” --Isak Dinesen Drummond, I think you have had a profound and ultimately immeasurable impact on progressive philanthropy in the US in the past 33 years. I think of the HUNDREDS of initiatives Tides has sponsored; the hundreds of millions of dollars devoted to causes that so often are at the END of most donors’ lists; the millions — millions! — of lives improved by your vision of a place where good progressive ideas could find a home and some hope for funding — by progressive funders who themselves needed some guidance. And you seemed to do so in such respectful and unpretentious ways.

I have been trying for years to figure out how to get you in contention for the MacArthur grants “Genius” awards, because I firmly believe you have had an enduring influence on the way social change and philanthropy work in this country, and without Tides — your innovational vision — we would be bereft of so much good we now take for granted. You materially improved the landscape of the nonprofit world, and I’m not sure many people know this.

On a personal note, the years I worked with TIdes and you in the ’80s were such a rewarding learning time for me. Thanks for showing me what the whole “nonprofit” world is about. Thanks for throwing me in the deep end many times and making me come out with a grant docket that passed your muster. You were a mentor and friend (still are) and only in retrospect have I realized how good a manager and implementer — as well as a visionary — you were. Also, thanks for showing me that Japanese restaurant on Sutter whose name I can’t remember.

I know you feel it’s time to move on and it will hurt your heart in many ways to do so. Best of luck in the transition, and in your future endeavors. Let’s see what the tides bring in.

Thank you.

Dave

“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.”
–Isak Dinesen

]]> By: Dana Bass Solomon http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2329 Dana Bass Solomon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:36:37 +0000 http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2329 Drummond, your work is legacy, your style extraordinary, your heart and passion legendary. Thank you for all that you are and do. I can't wait to see what is next... Drummond, your work is legacy, your style extraordinary, your heart and passion legendary.
Thank you for all that you are and do.
I can’t wait to see what is next…

]]> By: Kim Cranston http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2324 Kim Cranston Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:12:02 +0000 http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2009/11/12/every-tide-ebbs/#comment-2324 Thank you Drummond for all of the wonderful work these past 33+ years. Thank you Drummond for all of the wonderful work these past 33+ years.

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