Hi pals,
The Mechanical Gardens has been essentially an all-volunteer effort so far, but we're exploring adding some paid positions to reach real organizational sustainability. Things like fundraising, fostering organizational partnerships, and even just coordinating operations and volunteers are challenging to do with no paid staff time.
It's obviously tricky to make this shift though. One thing we need to do is comfortably distinguish: (a) the types of work for which people are paid, versus (b) the types of work for which people volunteer. *So: in your organization, what are some of the ways you divide these things up?* A related question might be: *What are your titles and job descriptions for your paid positions? *
I know this topic opens a whole can of worms, but maybe we can get into it a couple of questions at a time...
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op http://bikecoop.nyc/ 596 Acres http://596acres.org/ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus http://bindlestiff.org/
Hi Josh We are right in the middle of this process ourselves. Your pain is our pain, it seems.
My friend says "paid labour does what needs to be done, and volunteer labour won't do". We would add policy and procedures to your initial list.
I've attached a wack of collected job descriptions, courtesy of this very list.
Cheers Dennis The Bike Shed, Melbourne Australia
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 2:41 AM Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote:
Hi pals,
The Mechanical Gardens has been essentially an all-volunteer effort so far, but we're exploring adding some paid positions to reach real organizational sustainability. Things like fundraising, fostering organizational partnerships, and even just coordinating operations and volunteers are challenging to do with no paid staff time.
It's obviously tricky to make this shift though. One thing we need to do is comfortably distinguish: (a) the types of work for which people are paid, versus (b) the types of work for which people volunteer. *So: in your organization, what are some of the ways you divide these things up?* A related question might be: *What are your titles and job descriptions for your paid positions? *
I know this topic opens a whole can of worms, but maybe we can get into it a couple of questions at a time...
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We pay professional (In the Trade) mechanics, musicians and sometimes photographers.
On Sep 24, 2019, at 11:39 AM, Dennis Wollersheim dewoller@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Josh We are right in the middle of this process ourselves. Your pain is our pain, it seems.
My friend says "paid labour does what needs to be done, and volunteer labour won't do". We would add policy and procedures to your initial list.
I've attached a wack of collected job descriptions, courtesy of this very list.
Cheers Dennis The Bike Shed, Melbourne Australia
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 2:41 AM Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote: Hi pals,
The Mechanical Gardens has been essentially an all-volunteer effort so far, but we're exploring adding some paid positions to reach real organizational sustainability. Things like fundraising, fostering organizational partnerships, and even just coordinating operations and volunteers are challenging to do with no paid staff time.
It's obviously tricky to make this shift though. One thing we need to do is comfortably distinguish: (a) the types of work for which people are paid, versus (b) the types of work for which people volunteer. So: in your organization, what are some of the ways you divide these things up? A related question might be: What are your titles and job descriptions for your paid positions?
I know this topic opens a whole can of worms, but maybe we can get into it a couple of questions at a time...
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Sweet, Dennis, well done! Those files should definitely be put up on the Wiki.
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On 2019-09-24 14:39, Dennis Wollersheim wrote:
Hi Josh We are right in the middle of this process ourselves. Your pain is our pain, it seems.
My friend says "paid labour does what needs to be done, and volunteer labour won't do". We would add policy and procedures to your initial list.
I've attached a wack of collected job descriptions, courtesy of this very list.
Cheers Dennis The Bike Shed, Melbourne Australia
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 2:41 AM Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote:
Hi pals,
The Mechanical Gardens has been essentially an all-volunteer effort so far, but we're exploring adding some paid positions to reach real organizational sustainability. Things like fundraising, fostering organizational partnerships, and even just coordinating operations and volunteers are challenging to do with no paid staff time.
It's obviously tricky to make this shift though. One thing we need to do is comfortably distinguish: (a) the types of work for which people are paid, versus (b) the types of work for which people volunteer. SO: IN YOUR ORGANIZATION, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS YOU DIVIDE THESE THINGS UP? A related question might be: WHAT ARE YOUR TITLES AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR YOUR PAID POSITIONS?
I know this topic opens a whole can of worms, but maybe we can get into it a couple of questions at a time...
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We got a small grant that allowed us to pay a volunteer coordinator 15 hrs/week. That position (me) has allowed us to improve the backbone of the organization, as I do a lot of behind the scenes work including managing data, website, operations, etc. After the year the grant paid for we continue to pay out of general funds. We recently got another grant to hire a part time shop lead, that's allowed us to pursue outreach to different groups, as well as open Friday afternoons.
Jack Murphy Bike Walk Wichita
On Sep 24, 2019, 11:41 AM, at 11:41 AM, Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote:
Hi pals,
The Mechanical Gardens has been essentially an all-volunteer effort so far, but we're exploring adding some paid positions to reach real organizational sustainability. Things like fundraising, fostering organizational partnerships, and even just coordinating operations and volunteers are challenging to do with no paid staff time.
It's obviously tricky to make this shift though. One thing we need to do is comfortably distinguish: (a) the types of work for which people are paid, versus (b) the types of work for which people volunteer. *So: in your organization, what are some of the ways you divide these things up?* A related question might be: *What are your titles and job descriptions for your paid positions? *
I know this topic opens a whole can of worms, but maybe we can get into it a couple of questions at a time...
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op http://bikecoop.nyc/ 596 Acres http://596acres.org/ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus http://bindlestiff.org/
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