Folks, the last issue of eVolution has an article on Volunteerism in Francophone Communities that reminded me of the discussion about "traditional" and ...
Mary Merrill wrote: "I refer to this as the vigilante volunteer. They tell you what they want to do, when they want to do it, how they want to do it and if you...
The new topic of the month has been posted at http://www.merrillassociates.net/topic/ The New Unaffiliated Volunteers Add you comments to the discussion. -- ...
VISTA LEADER POSITION HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, NEW YORK CITY Position available at HFH-NYC to support the state wide AmeriCorps*VISTA Program Responsibilities...
An experience of a volunteer who short-circuited traditional associations in a tsunami relief effort... By Michael Dobbs "WELIGAMA, Sri Lanka<br>When Priyanthi...
How to maneuver through and locate files on CyberVPM Go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybervpm/ Once you are signed in, you will see a list of links (in a...
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Mar 1, 2005 9:58 pm
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Hello all, I read with interest the topic of the month as posted by Mary, and I have conflicting reactions to it. On the one hand I see the potential for...
I just finished reading Mary Merrill's topic of the month--unaffiliated volunteers--and thank Mary for another engaging topic. My ponderings include the...
01 March 2005 Message from Ad de Raad, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, On the occasion of the Online Volunteering service's...
Good Morning! I am in need of a release of liability form for clients--we have a new program where volunteers will do minor home repairs for seniors and we...
... We may already be seeing this, as Moster.com has formed a new "voluntere center" with idealist.org and boardnetUSA. As a job hunting site this is the...
We are very excited that the first ever Australian Retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management is being conducted in Canberra (the Australian capital) from March...
Haven't posted in a while, but thought I'd like some feedback or words of wisdom if anyone has any to share... Do you have "whiny" volunteers? If so, how do...
When volunteers were whining in meetings, we used to set aside the first three minutes as "whine time." Everybody got to whine--singly or in unison, but for a...
A good liability release form is posted on the website of Hands on Portland, www.handsonportland.org. It's simple and clear. Nancy Gaston, CVA Gifts Differing...
Babette, I sympathize and empathize with your position. We have a multitude of projects that volunteers can participate in and some of these are extremely...
"There are always events that fill with an extensive waiting list, while others never have enough for a full crew. I am entering the annual "whiny" season...
Nancy Renick
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Mar 2, 2005 8:07 pm
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[Please sign all posts!] Does anyone have a formalized recognition plan that we can look at? Thank you....
I have a volunteer Lemon Form - it actually is Lemon coloured! It has some fun graphics on it and I keep it in the area where our volunteers sign in. Have had...
Mary Ryan
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Mar 2, 2005 8:09 pm
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Mary - I love that idea! If you have that form on the computer, would you be willing to share it by having it put in the Files section of Cybervpm? If so,...
I have read with interest the discussion of "reflexive" volunteers and "vigilante" volunteers. I'd like to offer another paradigm: Volunteer behavior is...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the cybervpm group. File : /Lemon...
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Mar 3, 2005 12:13 am
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Hi Kim! You wrote: "With volunteers that are exceptionally "whiny", I listen to them, thank them for their input and ask them what their soluntion to the...
I am new at this and I am wondering if employees/retirees of a major corporation who will go in to a child care center to read to children (with a child care...
It is my opinion, and most likely my opinion only that all volunteers working anywhere near children and vulnerable populations have background checks. This...
"I am wondering if employees/retirees of a major ... children (with ... I work for a radio reading service that broadcasts readings for the blind and I can...
I'm currently working with a National Organization in Canada and I need to train staff across the country to manage senior level or middle management...
Babette- Why not try and set up some sort of a requirement that volunteers have to participate in al least "X" number of the "less popular" programs before...
[Erin et al: Please do not quote posts to which you are replying in their entirety. I removed it this time. Moderator NH] Hi Susan, From your question I am...
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