This is great. And decidedly less legalistic than other volunteer agreements in place at other non profits I've worked at in the past.
G. On Jul 23, 2014 2:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All - > > Thank you for all of the feedback and input on the agreement. The intent > of the document really is to establish the rules of the road for both sides > as we enter into what we hope to be a very collaborative, long term and > healthy relationship. We already rules for paid staff that establishes how > we work together. I think it is a positive step to create some rules that > we can hold one another to as we work to support the Project. > > On the substance, we've taken the feedback that it seemed one-sided and > legalistic and we have improved it. To sustain a healthy Project we need to > have engagement from not only paid staff but also our diverse group of > volunteers. We don't want this document to be a blocker to any of that - > rather it is an agreement about how we are going to treat one another, > respect one another and work together. There was some suggestion in this > thread that the document will not be enforceable - from our standpoint it > will be. There are some legal parts to it - but there are just as many > social pieces. We want to sustain the healthy relationship that we have > with our community and our volunteers. > > Take a look below. > > Thanks for the time. > > Denelle > > **** > > The success of our mission depends on the participation of people like you > -- people who are as passionate about the Web as we are, generously > volunteering their expertise, knowledge and skills to the Mozilla Project. > > In order to make your experience the best possible, here are a few "rules > of the road" to review before we get going. Please read through them and > let us know if you have questions or something just doesn't make sense. > > As a volunteer Mozillian, you will have the opportunity to make meaningful > contributions, to learn, to meet other amazing humans, and to receive > mentorship and recognition for your participation. In return, you agree to > help us advance the principles of the our Manifesto to the best of your > ability. > > Our community is like our extended family; we won't agree on everything or > always get along, but do treat each other with dignity and respect at all > times. As a volunteer, you agree to do that too. Our Participation > Guidelines are a good place to learn more about what this means and what to > do if you ever feel like you're not being treated this way. > > Being a volunteer at Mozilla means you freely donate your time, ideas, > heartbeats, etc. to help us accomplish our mission. You agree that you are > here because you are passionate about the Web and have no expectation of > compensation. > > We'd love for you to talk about your experience with Mozilla. If, during > your time with us, you want to use any of our logos when you do that, you > agree to check out our Style Guide first, to make sure you use the right > one (and don't mistakenly violate our Trademark Policy). > > You agree to challenge the status quo, to cause a ruckus -- but never in a > way that violates local laws, our internal policies or the rights of any > group or individual. > > And finally, as a volunteer, you agree that you won't be able to bind > Mozilla to agreements or sign anything on our behalf. You also agree to > represent yourself as a volunteer rather than as an employee, intern or > contractor of Mozilla. > > That's it. Now let's get started. > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
