You posted this message a while ago, but if the offer still holds please do
send me a copy of the Bill of Volunteer Rights: e-mail me at
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Thank you,
Jodi




>
>As volunteer coordinator at my previous place of employment (turned over to
>a management company which is in the process of taking volunteerism to
>incredible new heights of exploitation, but that's a different story!) I
>used a Volunteer Bill of Rights, which I had obtained from some course on
>volunteer management.  Each volunteer was given a copy when they were
>recruited and I psoted it in several prominent locations in the workplace.
>
>That did not prevent me from being pressured by subsequent manager and
>politicians to pressure volunteers to provide their professional services
>for free.  And unfortunately, some of the volunteers are their own worst
>enemies - "I need the experience," (read abuse me, abuse me!).
>
>I'm pleased with the way the discussion on Museum-L has gone, because it
>seems to me that the controls have to come from the industry - experience
>yes, but let's call it an internship or an apprenticeship and PAY FOR IT -
>even at minimum wage.  By the same token, let's get some of these
>acreditation institutions or government training programs off their
>collective butts to ensure matching funding for these internships.  Because
>of high student unemployement in Canada, the federal government has made
>seed funding available for just such a program, administered by the Canadian
>Museums Association.
>
>If you'd like a copy of the Bill of Rights, send me an e-mail and a fax
>number and I'd be happy to send you a copy.  Or, you might try the phone
>book to see if you have a Central Volunteer Registry close by - they're
>usually great for all kinds of reading material.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ann Gonneau


J. R. Gronborg, Exhibit Developer
Chicago Academy of Sciences, The Nature Museum

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