Hi, I have just joined this list as well as commencing working with volunteers. So am totally new to both. Has anyone conducted a review of your service? I am...
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Biss Kuttner-Martinez
bisschris@...
Jul 3, 2000 7:43 am
I was delighted to be at an event this past week where a gentleman named Todd Schmiedl was speaking. He was injured in an auto accident 19 or twenty years ago...
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ann.stafford@...
Jul 3, 2000 1:34 pm
Check the reference desk of your local library. Give them all the leads you have. Ann Moore Stafford Foundation Coordinator Volunteer Services Austin Public...
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Sandy Duncan
sduncan@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:25 pm
Hello everyone, I have a question concerning how you count Volunteer hours. Does anyone give extra weight to hours worked by Volunteers on holidays or...
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Angie Neville
aneville@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:46 pm
In response to Sandy Duncan's question regarding volunteer hours worked on a holiday, here at Cincinnati Museum Center we award volunteers double hours for...
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Layton123@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:07 pm
sduncan asks about volunteer hours. We count hours actually worked no matter when. Volunteers usually choose when they can volunteer and weekends may be the...
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REGI MEZYDLO
rmezydlo@...
Jul 3, 2000 3:41 pm
Greetings - We have an immediate opening for a Volunteer Programs Assistant. Please let other colleagues know about this opportunity. Thanks! Regi Mezydlo ...
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Nan Hawthorne
hawthorne@...
Jul 3, 2000 4:11 pm
I wonder how you will all react to this article a friend forewarded to me? Nan Hawthorne, Editor-in-Chief hawthorne@... CyberVPM.com Shoreline,...
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Terry Schroeder
schrotd@...
Jul 3, 2000 4:33 pm
Nan, that was definitely a thought-provoking piece. Unfortunately, pieces of it didn't come through (every so often ,there was about 1 ½ lines that didn't...
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Meg.Sommerfeld@...
Jul 3, 2000 4:41 pm
I encountered the same problem in trying to read the piece--many lines missing. Here's a direct link to the piece at The New York Times site, which requires...
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Jayne Cravens
jaynecravens@...
Jul 3, 2000 4:59 pm
... I think it's an excellent assessment of the realities of volunteering and mentoring, as well as how unrealistic expectations are by many government ...
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Nan Hawthorne
hawthorne@...
Jul 3, 2000 5:02 pm
I thought it sounded odd when I had my computer read it aloud to me! Sorry! I'll see if I can get the complete piece. Nan Hawthorne, Editor-in-Chief...
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DOSWELL, GAIL R
gdoswell@...
Jul 3, 2000 5:14 pm
My first reaction is that the article was very hard to follow. Is it possible to get a better copy? Gail Doswell, Coordinator of Volunteers City of Fairfield,...
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Laurie Burns
LBurns@...
Jul 3, 2000 5:51 pm
Re: The Vanity of Volunteerism (New York Times Magazine 7/2/00) This article made me angry and kind of sad. It's true that one person can't do everything to...
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Marti Sowka
rsvp@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:23 pm
I actually found a more direct link at: http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000702mag-volunteer.html I printed all 18 pages and read the article...
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Jayne Cravens
jaynecravens@...
Jul 3, 2000 8:16 pm
The following is an e-mail publication by the Texas Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service. While it is focused primarily on leaders of National ...
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Nan Hawthorne
hawthorne@...
Jul 3, 2000 10:12 pm
As I am a big Yahoo! fan, I'm pretty pleased about this. Nan Hawthorne Listmaster, CyberVPM, CyberVPM.com Update, CyberVPM Editors, cybervpm-HTML-class,...
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Amy Hilzman
amyh@...
Jul 3, 2000 11:28 pm
Cyntia: Good question. Recently we brought on board a volunteer who is deaf. He recently moved here and is very active in the deaf community. We immediately...
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Vitaliy Pukhalsky
helios_smv@...
Jul 5, 2000 9:20 am
Dear collegue! We are the young volunteer organization of Ukraine, Eastern Europe, which calls "Kirovograd regional youth center of volunteers "Helios". We...
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Sandy_Rowe@...
Jul 5, 2000 12:21 pm
Sandy Rowe@IMMC 07/05/2000 07:19 AM The AVA manuscript editor asked that this be posted: Call for Papers The Journal of Volunteer Administration, the official...
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John Bell
J.Bell@...
Jul 5, 2000 12:24 pm
I apologize for not posting this sooner. There have been several recent posts on how to treat volunteer lunches, travel, holidays, etc. I wanted to "chime...
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Rhoda White
rwhite@...
Jul 5, 2000 2:00 pm
I too read the article this Sunday and found it disturbing. Wonder how many of you noted that there was never a mention of a Volunteer Administrator being...
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jvaldes@...
Jul 5, 2000 3:25 pm
I'm with Karen, I am lost also. I was under the impression that today was the first day of this class. Were there assignments given out already? I also went...
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Dariece McClure
dmcclure@...
Jul 5, 2000 3:38 pm
Do any of you currently post volunteer opportunities to the 4laborsoflove.org website? I had posted previously and I need to modify my postings. Unfortunately...
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Nan Hawthorne
hawthorne@...
Jul 5, 2000 5:31 pm
For those in the HTML class, this class is being held at http://www.egroups.com/group/cybervpm-html-class, not here on CyberVPM. You must register there. And...
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tparcc@...
Jul 5, 2000 6:24 pm
Hi it's Carmen Enciso from Alum Rock Counseling Center in San Jose and I wanted to share a couple of Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Ideas: This year I held our...
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Andrea JohnSmith
andrea_johnsmith@...
Jul 5, 2000 6:37 pm
I loved this article. Read it front to back. It's from NY Time Magazine. I am forwarding it to folks around my organization. I remember George Bush standing...
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Nan Hawthorne
blindwriter@...
Jul 5, 2000 7:23 pm
Hello folks! Have my writer hat on again. I want to create a list of programs in the US and elsewhere that provide stipends for volunteering, such as VISTA,...
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SCNA Volunteer Coordi...
xx015@...
Jul 5, 2000 7:45 pm
HI folks, Of possible interest to all VPMs -- AOL is being sued by some of their volunteer forum leaders. An article in The Washington Post summarizes the...
