I like that idea of a discussion on forms of leadership and various organizational structures; it seems there are different ways an individual can contribute "leadership", which is interesting (what can leadership mean?)
Also interesting is the interplay between division of labor, decision-making process, information-sharing, and "power" in the bike shop. I think there were some posts about this a few months back. Some shops are collectively organized, some are not. We are a collective, but have still experienced a tendency for power to accumulate rather accidentally with a few people who are very involved, leading to discouragement of new volunteers. We are looking at how to structure communications, decision-making, and job rotation to counteract this satisfactorily without creating an unmanageable amount of additional work. I'd like to hear about other groups' experiences and whatever strategies they've developed in these areas.
I'm interested! Anyone want to help plan a discussion at bike!bike! ?
-Jessica
--- rachael spiewak rachael@sopobikes.org wrote:
"Have a non-mechanic socialite run your shop."
HA! that's pretty much my official title! :) it works for us.. how do you think we get so much free stuff donated? perhaps another topic of discussion.. forms of leadership and the leadership collective.. what kind of crew it takes to make it all work.
thanks for responding, everyone. keep the ideas coming if you've got 'em.. otherwise, i'm looking forward to talking about this in real life at bikebike.
-rachael
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