16th January 2008, 03:09 PM
Busy today, isn't it?
I take your point about volunteers Sith, but these days there are lots of projects set up with volunteers in mind. These are often good projects financed through charging people for training and experience - experience that would have been gained in times past on what are now commercial sites. Its probably also better for the volunteer- no one is going to volunteer to join me on a solo watching brief in winter.
Integrating volunteers now would surely also take an understanding client and consultant, as well as an understanding unit. They might legitimately "say why should we meet the higher costs associated with volunteers with little tangible benefit to ourselves?" There are of course PR benefits to clients.
I take your point about volunteers Sith, but these days there are lots of projects set up with volunteers in mind. These are often good projects financed through charging people for training and experience - experience that would have been gained in times past on what are now commercial sites. Its probably also better for the volunteer- no one is going to volunteer to join me on a solo watching brief in winter.
Integrating volunteers now would surely also take an understanding client and consultant, as well as an understanding unit. They might legitimately "say why should we meet the higher costs associated with volunteers with little tangible benefit to ourselves?" There are of course PR benefits to clients.