| 1. | 4/8/2008 3:07:00 PM | I know it is open to all members to participate, but to be honest, many get a sense of it being too much of an insider's club (old guard clique). |
| 2. | 4/8/2008 2:10:00 PM | discounted rates for committee members for workshops |
| 3. | 4/8/2008 2:35:00 PM | In some way it has to be tied to members recognition of what NYAVA is with their home organization. |
| 4. | 4/8/2008 2:36:00 PM | Create a new member mentorship model for the first six months of membership in NYAVA (or when the contact at an organization changes) |
| 5. | 4/8/2008 2:48:00 PM | That's a hard one. I give you all a lot of credit to take on this huge task. |
| 6. | 4/8/2008 3:52:00 PM | Not sure. Volunteer managers are notoriuosly overworked and undercompensated so we are all very busy to start with. I, for instance spend 6 hours a day commuting to a job where I work 8 hours a day. The few hours left over each day are devoted solely to my family and some vacation days are used to volunteer at my son's school. I don't have a minute left over for anything else. |
| 7. | 4/8/2008 6:00:00 PM | Have committee meetings after work. |
| 8. | 4/8/2008 7:59:00 PM | Make it as easy as possible. |
| 9. | 4/9/2008 4:03:00 PM | Difficult one- we're all so overwhelmed it's hard to carve out time. Perhaps a more defined "job description" so we really know what we're doing and approx how much time it will take. |
| 10. | 4/9/2008 5:30:00 PM | Ask specific people to get involved. Short term assignments. |
| 11. | 4/11/2008 9:08:00 PM | See One above |
| 12. | 4/15/2008 2:40:00 PM | Model a great volunteer engagement program with members. Consider your recruitment, development and retention practices as an organization. |
| 13. | 4/15/2008 3:44:00 PM | Streamline the work of the committees. It can be so time-consuming as to be prohibitive. |
| 14. | 4/15/2008 3:57:00 PM | More detailsed info re membership obligations, more advance notice and definite dates for meetings, etc |
| 15. | 4/15/2008 4:34:00 PM | job fairs
cooking classes
bike trips, other fun social activities |
| 16. | 4/15/2008 4:38:00 PM | Develop a marketing stategy that will cross over the not for profit sector boundaries. Get some high profile, key people involved. Reach out to NGO and other specific interest groups. Lobby for a Statewide Office devoted strictly to volunteerism as they just did in California and NYS used to have under the Cuomo administration. We need more advocates in our profession. |
| 17. | 4/17/2008 10:58:00 AM | flexibility -- conference call meetings, streamlining meetings, reduce repeating discussions, be sensitive to the changing work demands of members, transparency, etc. |
| 18. | 4/22/2008 4:57:00 PM | This may not increase member participation, but it would be a really good idea if there was a list serve for volunteer coordinators/managers. |
| 19. | 4/22/2008 5:15:00 PM | Provide opportunities that do not take up so much time, i.e. do meetings over the phone, limit business to a shorter period of time. |
| 20. | 4/22/2008 6:36:00 PM | More user friendly asssigments speard out over more members. |
| 21. | 4/22/2008 6:46:00 PM | get more word about the organization |
| 22. | 4/22/2008 7:18:00 PM | convene small work groups to handle specific areas and responsibilities |
| 23. | 4/24/2008 6:56:00 PM | are there job descriptions? |
| 24. | 4/28/2008 8:21:00 PM | Monthly email updates that include upcoming meetings for all of the committees. |
| 25. | 4/29/2008 3:19:00 PM | People who do serve and find it rewarding directly calling people they know. It's like raising money. If you don't ask, you don't get. |
| 26. | 5/9/2008 3:49:00 PM | NOt sure |