[bksvol-discuss] Re: volunteer co-ordinator
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:19:09 -0500
Hi all,
E. you have some of it right, but not all, I think. Part of a job of a
volunteer coordinator is to acknowledge volunteers for what they have
done and to reward them accordingly. In most organizations, this is
done by citing the volunteer who's given the most volunteer hours. On
Bookshare, it might be done by citing the volunteer who's scanned the
most or validated the most. Also, a coordinator would be able to
suggest tasks for volunteers. Part of this job requires knowing the
volunteers and their talents so that if a given task comes up, he or
she can say, "E., could you help so-and-so with this task. Or say to
someone looking for a validator for a book with Japanese vocabulary. I
think you want to ask X to validate that book for you because X is
familiar with Japan.
No, of course we volunteers don't expect rewards for volunteering
beyond the normal credits acrued, but a coordinator's job does entail
this in most organizations.
It also involves a lot of paperwor. Many grantors want to know how
volunteers are performing and what they are doing. So, this falls to
the coordinator too.
Oh, it ain't an easy job atall, atall. <smiling> If I weren't 3,000
miles away, I might consider applying, but I don't want to relocate, thanks.
Ann P.
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Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.portaltutoring.info
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