The latter - although there's more nuances than that. E.g. even if someone volunteered to bank cheques (which can happen - I used to do that several years back), it's still better for staff to do it for accountability reasons. The full description is at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Policy
Thanks, Mike On 1 Apr 2012, at 12:38, WereSpielChequers wrote: > "WMUK may not take on a task that volunteer could do". or "WMUK may not take > on a task that volunteer is willing and able to do as a volunteer?" > > Hopefully the tasks being done by our staff are ones that volunteers could > do, but nobody is volunteering to bank cheques and so forth. > > This may seem like a subtle difference, but you wouldn't want a professional > staff that preferred to employ people to do things that they didn't think the > mere volunteers were capable of. Not that I'm accusing anyone in WMUK of > falling into that trap. > > WSC > > On 1 April 2012 11:50, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > On 01/04/2012 02:20, Anthony (AGK) wrote: > Should WMUK not be involved in developing a Wikimania bid? (I don't > follow WM governance very closely, and may misunderstand that aspect > of the Chapter's purpose.) > > Job demarcation. WMUK may not take on a task that volunteer could do. > > > Gordo > > -- > > Gordon Joly > gordon.j...@pobox.com > http://www.joly.org.uk/ > Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
