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

Joshua Eaton jeaton at post.harvard.edu
Mon Mar 12 08:40:57 EDT 2012


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* <http://www.danawiki.org/>
>
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