<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I want to push back on that a little, because I'm concerned that the external press might assume that "volunteer" connotes that one is not involved in any decision making. I'd worry that they'd see "volunteer" and, say, "organizer" as being two poles in the spectrum of engagement.</div><div><br></div><div>This isn't a huge concern, but it's enough that I've avoided both terms and stuck with things like "participant" or "member."</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>-- Farhad<br><br>On Mar 12, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Eli <<a href="mailto:eli@occupyboston.org">eli@occupyboston.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>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. <br><br>Sent on the fly. </div><div><br>On Mar 12, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Joshua Eaton <<a href="mailto:jeaton@post.harvard.edu">jeaton@post.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Although I describe myself as a "Media volunteer" whenever I speak with the press.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Farhad Ebrahimi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farhad@occupyboston.org">farhad@occupyboston.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Agreed. What we're looking for are "participants" or something like that, only more exciting sounding.<div>
<br></div><div>ADVENTURERS.</div><div><br></div><div>Probably not, but you get the idea.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>-- Farhad<br><div><br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On Mar 11, 2012, at 11:59 PM, Eli wrote:</div>
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Thanks Josh. Added another item.<br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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Eli<br>
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<div>As promised long ago, I've created a spreadsheet for us to
brainstorm what we need volunteers for:</div>
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<div>Please use it!</div>
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