Eric wrote:
> Having worked many years for a charity, I can state that these feelings are
> common to organizations
Side note: If a person can successfully run a small team of
volunteers --- they will be uber-successful at running a large team of
employees.
The converse is not true.
Being able to run a large team of employees successfully does not mean
that you can run a small team of volunteers successfully.
> rely on volunteers. ...structure in place to recognize ... people for the
> work they do it simply won't happen.
Remember Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
For profit organizations can get by, by addressing the bottom two
levels. Volunteer only organizations have to address the top level,
or maybe top two levels, if they want to thrive, and be around in five
years.
> The OO.o community is, obviously, not a business.
II am going to disagree here slightly. It is a business, but not one
which is orientated towards money. It is orientated towards a common
goal.
xan
jonathon
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