[Board] Outsourcing

[Michael P. Gerlek]

It ain't rocket science, but their whitepaper "10 Reasons Why Associations Fail" is probably worth reviewing, just to compare how we're doing with how we _could_ be doing.

(You can give the other two papers a pass.)

-mpg


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at flaxen.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:43 PM
> To: 'Tyler Mitchell'; 'OSGeo-Board List'
> Subject: RE: [Board] Outsourcing
> 
> Good find!  From their website, at least, it looks exactly like what I had in mind for the kinds of things we'd want to outsource.
> 
> But their website doesn't go deep enough, of course, and in any case the big question is what's the cost to us.
> 
> I've requested the whitepapers they have on the site -- they're likely long on marketing and short on details, but send a note if
> anything catches my eye.
> 
> -mpg
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:19 PM
> > To: OSGeo-Board List
> > Subject: [Board] Outsourcing
> >
> > I've had some conversations with other foss nonprofit directors and this company came highly recommended as a one-stop shop for
> > outsourcing your office stuff to - "finances, program management and other operational tasks".
> >
> > The contact was from Paula Hunter at http://www.outercurve.org/
> > She highly recommended Steve O'Neill (soneill at virtualmgmt.com)  from http://virtualmgmt.com
> >
> > I know you're looking at a few others, but I got more info in case this helps too.  Would be ideal
> > to have a company like this that can do more than just finances and who also understand the
> > nonprofit tech sector.
> >
> > Hope it helps,
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