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Ann Richards said, "You know, really, you gotta make up your mind. You either just have to do something people forget about and pay no attention to, or you gotta make a statement." That’s what the VRM Roundtable project continues to do. Volunteer Resources Managers (VRMs) have said that they want new services delivered in new and more readily accessible formats. So we are developing those. VRMs have said that they have previously not received support so the VRM Roundtable is reac ... Read More »
At the outset, let me again mention that I'm writing for myself here. I do not speak for the Leadership Team, though I am a non-voting member. Rather, these are just my own thoughts in this blog. A colleague, referring to the VRM Roundtable project and another project, Congress of Volunteer Administrator Association ("COVAA"), just posted to the VRM-ROUNDTABLE public discussion list: I also am curious about these two groups. Is there any particular reason two separate entities are being formed to serve the same audience? Shouldn't ... Read More »
At the outset, let me again mention that I'm writing for myself here. I do not speak for the Leadership Team, though I am a non-voting member. Rather, these are just my own thoughts in this blog.
A colleague, referring to the VRM Roundtable project and another project, Congress of Volunteer Administrator Association ("COVAA"), just posted to the VRM-ROUNDTABLE public discussion list:
I also am curious about these two groups. Is there any particular reason two separate entities are being formed to serve the same audience? Shouldn't ...
Every now and again I'll get a question about the role that CharityChannel is playing in the VRM Roundtable project. I don't mind the question, but it does get a little tiring to keep repeating my response. So maybe if I just post it to my blog, I can send folks here and save us all some time! In a nutshell, CharityChannel is a major corporate sponsor of the VRM Roundtable. To date, CharityChannel has contributed in excess of $100,000 in technological support and professional advice and assistance. More importantly, the CharityChannel professional community, which has a very large professional body of volunteer resources managers in its ranks, has come together with colleagues from many other affiliations to create a new, independent, professional association that we can all be proud of. You really can't measure that kind of can-do and hands-on "just make it happen" spirit and energy; if you could, it would dwarf the financial resour ... Read More »
Every now and again I'll get a question about the role that CharityChannel is playing in the VRM Roundtable project. I don't mind the question, but it does get a little tiring to keep repeating my response. So maybe if I just post it to my blog, I can send folks here and save us all some time!
In a nutshell, CharityChannel is a major corporate sponsor of the VRM Roundtable. To date, CharityChannel has contributed in excess of $100,000 in technological support and professional advice and assistance.
More importantly, the CharityChannel professional community, which has a very large professional body of volunteer resources managers in its ranks, has come together with colleagues from many other affiliations to create a new, independent, professional association that we can all be proud of. You really can't measure that kind of can-do and hands-on "just make it happen" spirit and energy; if you could, it would dwarf the financial resour ...
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