[Osmf-talk] Hiring help for OSMF administrative tasks

[Alex Barth]

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:

- 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
- the bookkeeper will bring expertise that we simply dont have
- we create continuity and systems in our organization that just makes us
more efficient. Especially important for financials.

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.

I am very interested in Frederik's original question - what are the
experiences elsewhere with paid staff in community organizations? How do it
right?

On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

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> Simon,
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> On 03/11/2015 04:12 PM, Simon Poole wrote:
> > Given the above, I think we would all like to hear what the board
> > has changed that the paperwork load has gone from essentially zero
> > to being an issue
>
> At our face-to-face meeting, we have identified a number of things
> where having someone who spends a reliable number of hours every week
> would probably work better than relying exclusively on volunteers
> whose availability varies (and is subject to external factors like the
> occasional day job etc).
>
> I have, on purpose, not given a list of things because I didn't want
> to limit discussion too much, I wanted to hear a broader range of
> feedback than just commenting on the various aspects that we had come
> up with. But of course this will all be discussed in more detail in
> the future.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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