Volunteer hours and membership in SCNA

[Randy Groves]

Please excuse the duplicates - I think that this needs to have the widest
distribution.  Please read the whole message if you've volunteered with SCNA.

OK - here's how it was supposed to work.  We passed this resolution in
March.  The individual chairs of the committees were supposed to pass this
information on to their members, and we were supposed to post this
information prominently.  It HAS been posted since April in the Board minutes:

Resolved: "Volunteers who have donated five (5) hours of recorded service
to SCNA rendered within 30 days prior to application for SCNA
membership will qualify to have the minimum cash contribution waived.
Membership and waiver must be requested, and shall not be automatic.
Waiver membership may be granted by committee chairpersons or an
officer of SCNA. The form must be filled out and signed by the committee
chair or officer and sent in. Waiver membership may also be applied for
using the mail-in form and granted if all qualifications are met. SCNA
memberships by waiver shall be for one year, with full privileges, without
limitation on renewal."

In practice a new volunteer would sign up for a task, report the hours at
the next committee meeting and ask that those hours be applied to
membership. The committee chair determines if they qualify and then
reports it to the registrar. SCNA officers are included for volunteer service
rendered to the board.

This policy (a) should be clearly communicated, and (b) requires the SCNA
membership form be revised to have a check-box for the waiver
membership with an explanation of the qualifications.

*Approved by board

Obviously, the committee heads either fell down on the job, or we did, or
both.  The new policy obviously didn't get communicated.  Hey - we're trying!

In fact - since it it obvious to me that the lines of communcation did not
function - I am sending an on-line resolution to the board that any person
who has fulfilled the volunteer requirement over the last year and who
makes their wishes known to me (randy at scn.org) will be included as a member
retroactive to September 15.  This will make them eligible to vote.

Please wait until you hear from me.  It shouldn't be but a day or so.

-randy


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