i think you should talk to your group, ask them what they do and what they want being done in the space. Find a way to pay them for doing that extra something, like garbage and scrape overhaul. Parts and ordering. If the situation of money is dicey one should pay someone to steward the deed. I\v also heard of different ways grants can pay for coordinators.
I like the model of contract work, so people can share the role of being paid and thus eliminate the authority from the position.
Bike Pirates have been avoiding the paid position becuase we can do without it. We shall see for this bike bike in August 13th?
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:52 AM, joshua muir muirjoshua@gmail.com wrote:
I keep mentioning the bike church clerkship model.
identify the jobs and write up descriptions, tasks instructions. then at quarterly meetings divide them up amongst the collective. Rotate whenever possible (as in annually, biannually. . . ).
At the church the clerkships are alotted 5-10 hours per week. Mechanics (collective members) are not allowed to work over 10 hours per week w/o checknig in about getting paid for it at a meeting. Seems like something like that could be kept under $600/month.
This does mean that it doesn't become a primary source of income for any one individual and to be a collective member, you pretty much need to have another job (with a somewhat flexible schedule). open hours staffing and meetings are still volunteer.
josh
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread@gmail.com
wrote:
Hey folks We have been avoiding the very loaded *paid position* conversation for about 2 years here at Pirates. As we are getting even busier than every before, and making more than enough money to cover our operation costs, I think it is time to start hashing out various ideas for ways to pay for certain tasks to be done.
I don't think we are in the market to have a paid coordinator or shop manager, as it would be too likely to lead to authoritarian issues and would take up too much of our extra cash. Do folks have suggestions or examples of small-scale employment or honorarium models that have worked for them?
To give you a guideline let's talk about paying out less than $600 a month.
thanks! ainsley.
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