Or to break it down; it is not a policy *for *volunteers. But a policy for staff interacting with volunteers.
Right? Tom On 18 February 2012 00:21, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The housing association has a "volunteer policy", and the application >> pack was 34 pages in length (I think that has changed). They have a lot of >> volunteering effort. But there is a real divide between those are >> "official" volunteers and those who contribute to the community in >> different ways. What bugs me is some will get awards, get their picture >> taken, get invited to special events and others will just on with it. >> >> Wikipedia started as a volunteer effort. Wikimedia UK wanted to label >> some people as volunteers, since those volunteers will take take part >> (online and offline we assume) at workshops, competitions, hack days, GLAM >> events etc etc run by the organization. > > > I think I understand, though my brain may be frazzled by spending all of > today debating the finer points of Wikimedia movement fundraising. And I > empathise, because I've often found myself spending more energy on my > "spare time" commitments (including this one, sometimes) than I do on my > day job. > > But really I think this policy - > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Policy - has the opposite effect > to what you're worried about. > > What it says, in summary, is: > * The most important thing to our organisation is the impact of people who > are contributing their time voluntarily > * Staff exist to support the work of those volunteers (not replace it) > * As part of the appraisals or our staff, we're going to talk about not > only how they are supporting volunteers, but whether there is anything that > they're doing that volunteers can and are willing to do, even if this is a > bit less convenient for the staff member concerned. > > Really, we are going to great lengths to find staff who "get it" about the > Wikimedia movement in general and this in particular. It's probably the > biggest single thing we care about when recruiting staff. > > So I hope this goes some way to addressing your concern. Happy to talk > about it at a meetup sometime (and I'm sure other board members would be as > well) > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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