Jonathan: Would I be eligible for "Technology Contact Training"? I would love to at least sit in. Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:36 PM Subject: [folkschool-list] A few changes for Helpnet in 2002 > When the HelpNet Steering Committee met last week, we came up with a couple > of changes for next year, and an exciting idea for a training program: > > (1) Dues: Membership dues for organizations with budgets of over > $50,000/year will increase from $25/yr to $50/yr. Dues for smaller > organizations and individuals will remain the same. This change more > fairly distributes the dues among members. I will be sending out invoices > for 2002 dues, either later this month, or early in January. > > (2) Requirements for getting hands-on service: The Committee felt that for > any organization to get direct consulting service (the kind that HelpNet > bills for), there should be a signed contract for services, which could be > for the entire year, or for a particular period or service. By defining > the responsibilities of both the member and HelpNet, the contract should > prevent misunderstandings and help protect everyone involved. (We have been > working on oral agreements, and there have been no problems to date, but > it's only a matter of time before this approach produces a misunderstanding.) > > I will send a sample contract to this list so you all can see it. One new > provision is that we are going to ask each organization that receives > HelpNet consulting services to designate someone as that organizations's > technology contact. We plan to make training available to technology > contacts (see below). > > (3) Technology contact training: The most exciting idea to come out of last > week's meeting was that HelpNet set up a workshop series to train key > people in each member organization in basic hardware, software and > networking maintenance and troubleshooting. I think if we get together for > a relatively small number of workshops, participants will gain enough > knowledge to take care of the majority of issues that would otherwise > require service calls. Not only should this save Helpnet members time and > money, but there will be group of people gaining marketable skills. I hope > to start working on planning these workshops this month, but we won't start > anything until after the first of January. > > Jon > > Jonathan Falk > Pine Tree Folk School > RR 2, Box 7162 > Carmel, ME 04419 > (207)848-2433 > <http://www.ptfolkschool.org> > > > > **Folkschool-list archives are at: > <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > > **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84vzQ.a9gqS3 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
