[Ob-media-multi] [Ob-media-external] Spreadsheet: What Do We Need People to Volunteer For?

Eli eli at occupyboston.org
Mon Mar 12 08:56:29 EDT 2012


Yeah, I think externally describing ourselves as volunteers makes a lot of sense. My point was mostly about how we internally think about this effort. 

Sent on the fly. 

On Mar 12, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Joshua Eaton <jeaton at post.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Although I describe myself as a "Media volunteer" whenever I speak with the press.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Farhad Ebrahimi <farhad at occupyboston.org> wrote:
> Agreed. What we're looking for are "participants" or something like that, only more exciting sounding.
> 
> ADVENTURERS.
> 
> Probably not, but you get the idea.
> 
> Best,
> -- Farhad
> 
> On Mar 11, 2012, at 11:59 PM, Eli wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Josh. Added another item.
>> 
>> Question though: aren't we all "volunteers?" I'm increasingly feeling like we're trying to operate under a traditional nonprofit organizational model, when in fact what we need is not traditional volunteers, but more dedicated working members. Of course, there are some folks who can only commit a very small amount of time per week, but we shouldn't think of them as volunteers, as though they were ancillary to the group, but rather a full members with serious commitment constraints. 
>> 
>> Mostly semantics, but I think the language we're using is shaping the way we're thinking about this effort in a counterproductive way. The big issue is that we need to increase our collective capacity by bringing in more dedicated people. 
>> 
>> Eli
>> 
>> On 3/11/12 6:48 PM, Joshua Eaton wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear Folks,
>>> 
>>> As promised long ago, I've created a spreadsheet for us to brainstorm what we need volunteers for:
>>> 
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al2LIEgoNIx2dEpXTW9nYXk2ZzhmQW44LW5aQVRZaUE#gid=0
>>> 
>>> Please use it!
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Joshua
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Joshua A. Eaton, MDiv
>>> 
>>> Founder, Dana Wiki: Helping Buddhist Organizations Get Involved in Social Service
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