[Ob-media-multi] [Ob-media-external] Spreadsheet: What Do We Need People to Volunteer For?
Eli
eli at occupyboston.org
Sun Mar 11 23:59:11 EDT 2012
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
>
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>
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