29 Nov
2022
29 Nov
'22
2:41 p.m.
On Tue, 29 Nov 2022, Cere Misc wrote:
I propose that the current proposal to hire Emily be
split into 2 separate proposals. 1) to draft a job description for an Omni coordinator in
the spirit of what has already been initiated. Develop this job description further, as
needed, with the input from a variety of knowledgeable people. 2) to use said job
description to consider Emily (last name?) as a possible candidate for consideration. For
this proposal, Emily should not be present to vote or weigh in due to (duh) obvious
conflicts of interest.
I worry that this is a needless expansion of the task at
hand, This isn't a glorious position that people are clamoring to get, this is a mess
that we need cleaned up. There has already been an extensive effort by the financing
committee to find qualified people to hire, and it hasn't worked out sufficiently
well. A proposal was made for the delegates to take on the task of hiring someone to sort
things out, and we've found someone whose participation in the community has motivated
her to offer to help. At the last delegate's meeting it seemed like there was
universal openness to moving forward with a more concrete proposal, rather than expand the
search.
1) How much will be budgeted for this position vs. how
much money is currently in our coffers?
The amount of money we expect to pay for
this contract is small compared to our other expenses, and the tasks we're trying to
achieve are essential to our continued existence. The finance committee has been paying
people all this time without oversight, including over $2000 to someone for reading emails
and learning quickbooks. If you are concerned about spending, this is the last thing you
should worry about.
2) All people that are being considered for this
position should submit a resume with references based on their actual name. Is
"Toast" their last name?
There are plenty of people doing good work for
Omni (including on the finance team) who don't publicize their legal last name except
in documents where it's necessary. Is your last name "Misc"?
3) If prior experience and knowledge of Omni's
financial/legal operation is an important factor in deciding who to hire, it would be good
to know more specifically what a candidate's activities with Omni were in the past.
We can ask Emily more about her activities in the past, but I think what's most
important is a person's knowledge of our existing situation (as well as their
qualifications) and she has been in the finance chat and in meetings, and in talks with
Sarah, so I think she knows quite a bit about our situation.
The above was me as a fellow Sudoroom member. As our delegate, I ask specifically what
you want me to put forward to the delegate's meeting on our behalf.
-jake