<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Having been involved/still involved with voluntary organisations that have made a transition to having admin support and some that haven't, I think the enquiry by Frederick asking about other people's experience shows diligence. <div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Julian<br><div><div>On 12 Mar 2015, at 15:11, Gregory Marler <<a href="mailto:info@nomoregrapes.com">info@nomoregrapes.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p dir="ltr">Frederick's original email asked if anyone had any experience on voluntary organisations taking on their first/only paid staff member. It seems he was interested in practicalities of doing so and drawing on knowledge from organisations that have done so in different ways.</p><p dir="ltr">I imagine with such information the board will be able to further their thoughts on what an OSM staff member would be, and present a proposal to the OSMF members for debate and/or voting. </p><p dir="ltr">I plan to talk with a charity I'm closely involved in & then email Frederick off-list some comments. I hope he's getting stories from others too. As it was said, paid/not is not a binary value & so the more info from *actual* experiences is really valuable. </p><p dir="ltr">From a chilly Sunderland, <br>
Gregory. </p>
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