On 13 August 2013 15:39, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> True. Even worse, many do not even try to be board members (or active > chapter members, for that matter) because they (think they) don't have > enough experience. It's crucial to ensure the availability of growing paths > (usually informal) for volunteers or you lose them and they lose > opportunities. > For me, it's been crucial to be told by a prof. "you can learn the job of a > [university] board member in 6 months" (so it's inexcusable if you don't, > but you must try). He was right. A very useful book: Nonprofit Kit For Dummies by Stan Hutton and Frances Phillips. I so wish I'd read it 25 years before I did. Very US-centric, but informative outside that. - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>