I've discussed this issue in my state of the movement presentation [1] summing up our experiences so far.
Balazs [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_WMHU.pdf 2013.05.02. 0:36, "Tomasz Ganicz" <polime...@gmail.com> ezt írta: > > 2013/5/1 Florence Devouard <anthe...@yahoo.com>: > > > > > True. Not all associations are looking for such support and indeed, the > > association needs to show a decent amount of activity to make it worth it. > > > > Note that in many cases, the secretary hired for such positions is NOT a > > student, but rather an experienced person willing and able to do > > multitasking stuff in an autonomous manner and rather looking for a > > long-term position. This balances the fact the volunteers come and go and > > that the board term is often for a limited time (2 or 3 terms maximum). This > > secretary provides an unvaluable element of stability. > > In our case (Wikimedia Polska) we were very careful with hiring. The > idea appeared around 2009, but there was no money for both having an > office and paid secretary at that time and it was decided that it > hardly make sense to have empty office or paid secretary working at > home. Next year we had enough money for both. Before hiring we had > made of list of duties and a list of skills needed for doing this > duties. Our first secretary was hired only for a year contract and for > part time (3 days a week 4 hours of work in the office + some duties > outside the office). Our first secretary was mainly working as a > attorney's assistant and work for us was just her extra job. She left > us after a year, as demanded by her attorney boss. Then we hired the > next person - with some modified list of duties and skills needed - > for 4 days of week, still 4 hours of work in an office). Finally - > just in the middle of last year we decided to employ the secretary for > full time. It was decided due to gradual increase of our activity > which need more paper work. > > > > -- > Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz > http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek > http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ > http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
