Thinking About Stepping Down

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
There are several job titles that cover some of what Gunnar seems to be
trying to describe.  I've only bumped into them very recently but they seem
to describe this sort of role quite well imo.  I've always struggled with
these ideas but the job-titles magically pull together a lot of nebulous
ideas into something fairly concrete.
"Volunteer co-ordinator"
"Community Development Officer"
There are other titles in "Human Resources" but within community groups and
with volunteering there are a whole bunch of other things that need to be
taken into account so i think there must be several other job-titles used
in other organisations already.  They are valuable roles.

Having an idea about those sorts of titles makes it easier to add to a CV
and might make it easier for the team to realise what types of roles need
to be filled.
Regards from
Tom :)



On 23 September 2014 01:12, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi Svetlana,
>
> I agree with what Tom said, and I'd like to add a few things.
>
> On 2014-09-23 00:00, Svetlana Belkin wrote:
> > It has been about one year as a member of the doc team, but over roughly
> > the last four to six months the thoughts of "why am I here" or "I think
> > I have may barked up the wrong tree" are often coming to my mind.
>
> In that case, let me remind you of the value you have added to the team. ;)
>
> Unlike most of the rest of us, your focus has been on activities aiming
> to put the docs on the map and recruit new contributors. Having had
> someone in the team with that focus has been of great value, and is just
> as important now as it ever has been.
>
> If you allow me to guess, I can imagine that you may have felt kind of
> inadequate in the team, since you haven't digged as much in the details
> as some of us. From my point of view, and please believe me now: It
> doesn't matter.
>
> Sure, some in the team indeed need to actually proofread and write
> contents and make sure the docs are properly published, but a few of us
> (too few) do that. At the same time it is of great value to have some in
> the team who focuses on those other things, which e.g. myself is truly
> bad at.
>
> So before you finally make up your mind, I'd like to ask if you could
> think of staying in that dedicated role I just tried to outline. Of
> course, you should only consider it if you feel it might be fun.
> Volunteer work presupposes that you are motivated.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Gunnar Hjalmarsson
> https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj
>
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