[Imc] PROPOSAL: cooperative staffing arrangement

[brent john mcdonald]

Any objections to Zach's offer to maintain open hours at IMC 
"headquarters?"  As the standing offer, I second Sascha's suggestion.  
 
Brent



On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Sascha Meinrath wrote:

> zack's proposal for working at the IMC sounds great.  i've been looking at
> various law stuff to see how it would impact our non-profit status and it
> doesn't look like this would be a problem.  the only problem i could possibly
> find would be if the IMC was directly subsidizing zack's work and he was a
> politician.  in fact, because zack's services are an in-kind donation that
> greatly outways any benefits (in terms of money and resources) that he
> receives
> from the IMC, even a paranoid reading of non-profit laws leaves us plenty of
> breathing room.
> 
> personally, i think the IMC would benefit greatly from having someone in the
> space for eight hours a day and as long as zack is willing to adjust his
> worklife to make this possible, i think we should take him up on his offer.
> 
> --sascha
> 
> At 04:49 PM 12/10/00 Sunday, Zachary C.Miller wrote:
> >I wonder what plans we have for keeping the IMC space staffed once it
> >is opened up? I imagine we don't have the money (yet) to have a paid
> >staff member. If we are going to use the space to raise revenues
> >(which I think we really should do) then we need to have it open
> >during some regular recurring hours. 
> >
> >A thought burst into my head as a possibility and I wanted to find out
> >what people thought about it.
> >
> >I work from home over the net. 
> >
> >If we got a decent net connection (at least as good as what I have at
> >home, which is 1.5 down, 256 up) then I could move my home office to
> >the IMC space and work from there every day for at least 8 hours.
> >
> >I could act as a cashier, a phone answerer, a general office
> >coordinator while I was there as long as these duties didn't majorly
> >detract from my ability to spend most of the time working at my job.
> >
> >Benefits to IMC:
> >
> >We would have someone present at the IMC every day for at least 8
> >hours. 
> >
> >Free staff person. No compensation neccessary apart from the use of
> >the net connection.
> >
> >My computer(s) comes with me and others would be welcome to use it
> >when I wasn't working. This gives the IMC at least one decent
> >server/workstation on site.
> >
> >Drawbacks to IMC:
> >
> >I don't know if having me doing work for a for-profit company using
> >IMC's resources would jeopardize IMC's non-profit status. 
> >
> >Benefits to me: 
> >
> >An office space and a set schedule would do wonders for my circadian
> >rhythms and time organization.
> >
> >This is the one way I could devote a lot of time to IMC without
> >jeopardizing my job.
> >
> >I have to get my self out of the house every day. 
> >
> >Drawbacks to me:
> >
> >I have to get my self out of the house every day. 
> >
> >Other issues:
> >
> >If business/activity started really booming at the space (which I hope
> >it does) then I won't be able to take care of everything myself _and_
> >get my work done. I need it to be a situation where 90% of the time
> >there is nothing that I have to do for IMC but be physically present
> >and 10% of the time I might be selling stuff or answering questions or
> >whatever. If things get beyond that threshhold then we may need to
> >find additional staffers.
> >
> >Someday (when I have paid off my copious debts, perhaps in a year) I
> >would be interested in being a full time paid staff member/techie for
> >the IMC if no one else is already (or if whoever is needs a
> >break). This experience might give both myself and the IMC an idea of
> >whether such a thing would be worthwhile. 
> >
> >There is a potential that in 3 or 4 months my job may become a
> >half-time rather than full-time commitment. I am looking for someone
> >to do job-sharing with so that two people work 20 hours/week and share
> >my current (easily sharable) salary. (If any techies out there are
> >interested in this please email me privately). My boss is sold on this
> >idea and so am I. Perhaps if this works out I could commit a lot more
> >time to IMC work (on either a volunteer or a paid basis depending on
> >how things go).
> >
> >What do people think of this idea? Does IMC already have well
> >established plans for staffing the space? Do people think it would be
> >better to just do shifts of volunteers who can give their full
> >attention to IMC work while they are there?
> >
> >-- 
> >Zachary C. Miller - @= - http://wolfgang.groogroo.com/
> >IMSA 1995 - UIUC 2000 - Just Another Leftist Muppet
> > Social Justice, Community, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Feminism,
> > Sustainability, Responsibility, Diversity, Democracy, Ecology
> >Ya Basta! - http://www.greens.org
> >
> >
> >
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