Hi gang,
2 questions.
1) What skill sets do you all want the association organizer/manager to
have?
See
http://www.businessinfoguide.com/start-a-professional-organizer-business.htm
and http://www.smithbucklin.com/industry/trade.cfm
and http://www.therobertsgroup.net/
and http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Trade_Association_Manager/Salary
and
http://www.salaryexpert.com/Trade-Association-Manager/salary-survey-2890.htm
and http://tdworld.com/news/power_trade_association_manager/
2) Repeat Michael's question - Would an organization that represents
manufacturers (SEIA) also be able to represent the best interests of
installers?
Joel Davidson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Welch" <[email protected]>
To: "RE-wrenches" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Installers Association
[email protected] wrote at 07:21 AM 2/16/2009:
Thinking out loud - if we could find someone like that to help lay out and
instigate a new version of what we got, I'd be willing to pony
up..........
Hi gang.
I think Holt has hit the nail on the head. An organizing committee (Board)
needs to be built to come up with general guidelines and to oversee the
efforts of a paid contractor or staff person to put it all together.
That doer would need to have the organizational and people skills to
ensure the financial and membership security of the association, beyond
any initial funding, through dues, sponsorships, and/or foundation grants.
If I had to make a rough budget guess, I would say that a hundred or so
founding members sticking in a grand to 1.5 apiece could get the org off
to a very solid start - with the right organizer at the helm, of course.
More founding members would mean less money per company/person. Less
funding will mean a greater chance of failure, though I do understand that
a *very* dedicated volunteer could pull this off. Another funding option
could be corporate sponsorships by distributors and maybe manufacturers.
Lots of questions that need to be hammered out. What organizer? Would this
be a specialized enough task that it would require experience in starting
trade associations? Or general nonprofit leadership experience? Do any
Wrenches have the skills necessary and can take a year or so off from
installing (with pay) to do a job like this?
About SEIA being involved. Don't they represent manus? Would an
organization that represents manus also be able to represent the best
interests of installers?
These are meant only to be examples of hundreds of questions that will be
coming up about this concept, and some of them should be answered before
taking any premature steps (like seeing if SEIA wants to take this on).
I think we are going to need to take this off-list soon, I have just about
finished preparing a new list for this purpose.
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