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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 10/13/2016 02:05 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> I think we also need to be careful here. Ultimately the Trustees are |
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>> also volunteers. |
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> It is voluntary to stand for election and become a trustee, once someone |
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> become a trustee they have fiduciary responsibilities to the organization. |
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Sure, but we're hardly going to be better served if they all |
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acknowledge their difficulties and step down. At least, not unless we |
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change the organization such that their positions aren't still |
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necessary. |
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> In many cases it makes a great deal of sense to have a registered |
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> accountant doing the bookkeeping and filings in order to ensure it is |
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> properly done. |
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I tend to agree. At points we've even discussed joining an umbrella |
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organization so that all the business functions are performed |
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professionally. |
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A challenge here is that we don't really have a ton of money where we |
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can just go hiring professionals left and right. We're big enough to |
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warrant care, but we couldn't afford even a single FTE with what we |
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have. Umbrella organizations have the advantage that they basically |
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manage your organization in accordance with their standardized |
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processes so the cost ends up being fairly low. However, you give up |
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a lot of autonomy/etc in this process. |
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Rich |
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