"As a volunteer for our Project" 'our project' seems a bit too possessive/excluding. Perhaps 'As a volunteer for Mozilla' or 'As a volunteer for the Mozilla Project.
What I'm having trouble with, is how an 'agreement' would be perceived to casual volunteers who step up to help 'once in a while' : helping in IRC , editing a Wiki, submitting single PR for a bug they found and fixed... The Red Cross was mentioned, but I'm not sure if they have this same type of casual and one-off volunteerism? When I first came into the community I would have assumed this was for another more serious 'type' of volunteer and stopped reading half way through. On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 4:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks again for the feedback and suggestions. Below is an updated > version of this text that addresses the issues raised in this thread. The > main things to call out are: > > * The introduction is more clear that the goal of the document is to help > new volunteers with their experience at Mozilla. > > * The tone is more welcoming and has less legalese in it. > > * The name of document hasn't been changed. As I said originally, this is > not intended to be a document that people sign, although it is still an > agreement. The proposal is to ask people to opt-in to this when coming in > through the Get Involved page, just like we ask potential volunteers today > to opt-in to our Privacy Policy. > > If there are any additional thoughts, comments or questions, feel free to > respond. > > Thanks, > David > > --------------------- > > DRAFT Volunteer Agreement > > Welcome to Mozilla! We're excited that you will be working with us to > advance our mission of promoting openness, innovation & opportunity on the > Web [link to mission page]. In order for us to achieve our mission, we > need people like you from around the world who are passionate about the Web > to volunteer their expertise, knowledge, and skills. > > We want to make sure you have a positive experience while volunteering, so > this information is here to give you some clarity on norms, rules and > expectations. > > There are a lot of things happening at Mozilla and it can feel a bit > overwhelming at times (new employees talk about the Mozilla firehose of > information they encounter when they first start). Because it can be > difficult to navigate all of that information right away, we hope that > providing this information here will be useful to you. > > Please take some time to read through this and get familiar with some > basic terms and policies you should be aware of and agree to. We have > these policies at Mozilla to protect the Project and you. The following is > an agreement between you and Mozilla that describes your volunteer work > with the Project. > > * As a volunteer for our Project, you will be working with Mozilla staff, > employees and other volunteers; > > * As a volunteer, you will not receive any payment from Mozilla; > > * As a volunteer, you cannot bind Mozilla to any agreements or sign any > agreements on behalf of Mozilla, but you can introduce Mozilla to different > ideas, processes and ways of doing things; > > * You are not an employee or contractor of Mozilla and should not > represent yourself as such; > > * You cannot engage in any activities that violate the laws of your > locale, Mozilla's policies, or the rights of any group or individual; > > * You agree to behave in a professional and respectable manner when acting > as a Mozilla volunteer. See our Participation Guidelines [link] for more > information; > > * It's definitely okay to talk about your contributions to Mozilla, but > before you use Mozilla's logo or trademarks, please read through our > trademark policy [link]; > > * This Agreement is about you and only you. You may not transfer or give > this to any other person or group; > > * If you violate any of these rules, Mozilla has the right to end this > agreement and your volunteer activities. > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- Emma Irwin @sunnydeveloper Mozilla Reps Council Member _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
