[Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

David Gerard, 13/08/2013 17:56:
> On 13 August 2013 15:39, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> True. Even worse, many do not even try to be board members (or active
>> chapter members, for that matter) because they (think they) don't have
>> enough experience. It's crucial to ensure the availability of growing paths
>> (usually informal) for volunteers or you lose them and they lose
>> opportunities.
>> For me, it's been crucial to be told by a prof. "you can learn the job of a
>> [university] board member in 6 months" (so it's inexcusable if you don't,
>> but you must try). He was right.
>
>
> A very useful book: Nonprofit Kit For Dummies by Stan Hutton and
> Frances Phillips. I so wish I'd read it 25 years before I did. Very
> US-centric, but informative outside that.

Yeah, I remember you suggesting that a while ago. :) We do have 
equivalents in Italy, ;) I and the board read a few such manuals when we 
started exploring the charity status. I agree that everyone (or at the 
very least one person in the board) should read one similar manual for 
their country. In the end it saves time and hopefully the chapter is 
able to pay the few tens of euros such manuals usually cost.

Dariusz Jemielniak, 14/08/2013 18:29:
 > [...] All this should be cheaper, more relevant, and more meaningful
 > than an external training. [...]

[citation needed]
All the options of "external training" I'm aware of are cheaper than 
international workshops (I don't know about Boardsource and 
specially-hired consultants).

Nemo