I love Gates' persuasiveness.<p>"What you are doing is fantastic. You are giving a high percentage and doing it in a very efficient way to causes you have thought deeply about.<p>The key benefit of your getting involved in the pledge would be having people learn more from your example both in your pledge letter and your participation in the yearly events. We believe the more people we get involved the stronger the effort will be and the more people who will join.<p>You are right that the Giving Pledge allows people to join in who don’t give until their will comes into action. Since people don’t know when they will die it is a bit difficult to make the timing of their giving super specific.<p>You are also right that some people set up foundations without a strong focus or leadership and with high overhead."