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

Farhad Ebrahimi farhad at occupyboston.org
Mon Mar 12 00:14:00 EDT 2012


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
>> 
>> +706.540.6651
>> jeaton at post.harvard.edu
>> http://www.joshuaeaton.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
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