[Foundation-l] Travel policy

[GerardM]

Hoi,
Hear hear !!!
Thanks,
    GerardM

On 7/9/07, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/9/07, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Because Dependent care is not the responsibility of the foundation's
> > expenses. There is a reason why other boards do not do this. If one
> > is volunteering one's time as a board member, the volunteer is making
> > a decision for themselves to give up that time. They must weigh that
> > decision carefully against their own personal needs.
> >
> > If I were a board member, for instance, it would be incredibly
> > unreasonable for me to ask for reimbursement for boarding, care, and
> > feeding of my cats while I was gone. It was my decision to get the
> > cats, and the assumption of responsibility is my own. Similarly, the
> > decision to be on the board would also be my own, and therefore the
> > foundation would not be beholden to the care of my cats.
> >
> > It's the same thing with dependents... if you cannot afford to keep
> > care of them in the execution of ones duties, then do not sit on the
> > board.
> >
>
> Are you seriously comparing cats to children and other dependents?
> Focusing on children:
> In my opinion, a mature organisation recognises that there are persons
> (I don't say "women", I say "persons", incl. men) who have children to
> look after but nevertheless want to have a job / have a career / work
> in a NGO.
> You basically state "If you have children and can't pay a babysitter,
> you shouldn't be allowed to be a board member" and I consider this to
> be rather an affront and a quite out-of-time opinion.
>
>
> Michael
>
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