Le 26/02/2011 11:11, David Gerard a écrit : > Volunteers are not employees, and can't be > expected to just shut up and work. It really, really deeply doesn't > work like that.
I don't follow you. Are you answering to something or somebody in particular? Was there a disagreement about that? Did anyone suggest that volunteers should shut up and work? If yes I would like to know what was said. > Motivating volunteers is like herding cats. “Herding cats is easy if > you know the local value of tuna.” — me, some years ago. An > observation I know of no-one else having made before me, so I’m taking > this as my law of volunteer motivation. Lure them with something > *compelling*. I don't subscribe to this point of view. Instead of herding, luring and compelling with a logic of market, isn't it best to listen to them, share their genuine, altruistic interests and put yourself at their service? > > Volunteers will work ten times as hard as any employee, but only > because they want to be there and only on things they want to. But > that motivation is so fragile, and volunteer effort is not fungible. > > So, for WIkibooks: what's the tuna? What's the compelling attraction > that will keep people lured in? What bothers me is that you talk about in terms of us and them as if they were aliens. It's good to ask about the ideals of a community, but it's even best when you share their ideals. Thus, a better question would be, imho, to how to be part of the community first. I don't imply anything personal, I'm just stating my own priorities. The ideal executive branch of wikimedia should share genuinously the spirit of the community they serve. Just my 2c. No offense meant. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l