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Monitor volunteer health

LinuxChix is run completely by volunteers, with no corporate sponsorship or full-time developers. Our volunteers are the only resource we have, so we needed to make it easy and rewarding to volunteer. We have a mailing list specifically for volunteers, which anyone may join. ``Job openings'' sent to this list are usually filled immediately. Most jobs have two or three volunteers to fill them, and volunteers go on ``vacations'' of several months from time to time when real life gets too busy. Even Jenn goes on vacation, once writing an entire book while LinuxChix continued to function. If someone can't go on a vacation, what will you do if and when she can't volunteer for your organization anymore? Make sure every important job has at least one backup volunteer.



2004-05-08