At osm us we're in the process of bringing on a hired bookkeeper. This is not exactly a staff position but as close as it gets for us right now and i am excited for this:<div><br></div><div>- it will free up valuable time from people like ian dees who is treasurer our board and who could be doing so much other awesome stuff with their time</div><div>- the bookkeeper will bring expertise that we simply dont have</div><div>- we create continuity and systems in our organization that just makes us more efficient. Especially important for financials.</div><div><br></div><div>This is all under the oversight of the board which is voted for by the community and accountable to the community. As we grow, i would love to see more of this in OSM.<span></span></div><div><br></div><div>I am very interested in Frederik's original question - what are the experiences elsewhere with paid staff in community organizations? How do it right? <br><br>On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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Simon,<br>
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On 03/11/2015 04:12 PM, Simon Poole wrote:<br>
> Given the above, I think we would all like to hear what the board<br>
> has changed that the paperwork load has gone from essentially zero<br>
> to being an issue<br>
<br>
At our face-to-face meeting, we have identified a number of things<br>
where having someone who spends a reliable number of hours every week<br>
would probably work better than relying exclusively on volunteers<br>
whose availability varies (and is subject to external factors like the<br>
occasional day job etc).<br>
<br>
I have, on purpose, not given a list of things because I didn't want<br>
to limit discussion too much, I wanted to hear a broader range of<br>
feedback than just commenting on the various aspects that we had come<br>
up with. But of course this will all be discussed in more detail in<br>
the future.<br>
<br>
Bye<br>
Frederik<br>
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