Dennis:
I am with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange. We have an explicit conflict of interest policy designed to prevent volunteers at any level from profiting from their volunteer activities. Removing the incentive of personal financial gain helps to see that volunteers are taking more responsibility for the right reasons.
Our shop leadership is mostly self-selected volunteers who show up at our steering committee meetings that happen every other month. From this additional time commitment and willingness to take action items it quickly becomes evident who is a committed and trusted volunteer.
Responsible leaders are developed, not born. You should be taking steps to meet and get to know the volunteers to decide which ones you trust. Remember their names. Make them feel welcome, continually remind them of your shop’s goals and organizing principles. Invite them to incrementally assume more responsibility.
I got drawn into a leadership role at my shop when I observed how hard our leader was working, and asked if there was something I could do to help share the burden.
Thanks for that Gordon. Sounds solid. Can you post the conflict of interest policy?
Thanks Dennis
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 6:02 PM Gordon Hamachi gordon.hamachi@gmail.com wrote:
Dennis:
I am with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange. We have an explicit conflict of interest policy designed to prevent volunteers at any level from profiting from their volunteer activities. Removing the incentive of personal financial gain helps to see that volunteers are taking more responsibility for the right reasons.
Our shop leadership is mostly self-selected volunteers who show up at our steering committee meetings that happen every other month. From this additional time commitment and willingness to take action items it quickly becomes evident who is a committed and trusted volunteer.
Responsible leaders are developed, not born. You should be taking steps to meet and get to know the volunteers to decide which ones you trust. Remember their names. Make them feel welcome, continually remind them of your shop’s goals and organizing principles. Invite them to incrementally assume more responsibility.
I got drawn into a leadership role at my shop when I observed how hard our leader was working, and asked if there was something I could do to help share the burden. ____________________________________
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As a board member and a volunteer at a community bike shop, this is a very interesting question. Can various levels of volunteer status be created, such that they are benefitted differently? How would that look? Differing skillsets are needed, but I suspect that you are talking about those dealing directly with bike stuff and bike people. How do you make it attractive and supportive, yet weed out the greedy self serving folks? Where is that line? hmmm. jws
On Sat, December 28, 2019 12:05 am, Dennis Wollersheim wrote:
Thanks for that Gordon. Sounds solid. Can you post the
conflict of
interest policy?
Thanks
Dennis
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 6:02 PM
Gordon Hamachi gordon.hamachi@gmail.com
wrote:
Dennis:
I am with the
Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange. We have an explicit
conflict of interest policy designed to prevent volunteers at any level
from profiting from their volunteer activities. Removing the
incentive
of personal financial gain helps to
see that volunteers are taking more
responsibility for the
right reasons.
Our shop leadership is mostly
self-selected volunteers who show up at
our
steering committee meetings that happen every other month. From this
additional time commitment and willingness to take
action items it
quickly becomes evident who is
a committed and trusted volunteer.
Responsible
leaders are developed, not born. You should be taking steps
to
meet and get to know the volunteers to decide which ones
you trust.
Remember their names. Make them feel welcome,
continually remind them of
your shopâs goals and
organizing principles. Invite them to
incrementally assume more responsibility.
I got
drawn into a leadership role at my shop when I observed how hard
our leader was working, and asked if there was
something I could do to help
share the burden.
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Thanks for that Gordon. Sounds solid. Can you post the conflict of interest policy?
Having finally secured permission, here is the conflict of interest policy document of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange.
As a non-profit, the leadership is expressly forbidden to profit from the non-profit organization. The document describes board composition, disclosure of conflicts of interest, and abstention from decision making. The last section describes the Bicycle Exchange requirement that a disinterested person (i.e. not a friend of the buyer) set fair prices for goods, in order to avoid conflicts of interest in sales.
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