Re: Staff Work WAS: SPI bylaws overhaul: Board Attendence

Using other non-profits in the same space as SPI, FWIW the officers of NumFOCUS are not compensated. I don’t know about about those of the SFConservancy?

-hilmar

> On Nov 17, 2016, at 3:04 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On 11/17/2016 11:32 AM, Josh berkus wrote:
>> On 11/17/2016 11:27 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>> On 11/17/2016 10:59 AM, Josh berkus wrote:
>
>>> Correct, which is why I am an advocate of paid officers. I am not
>>> opposed to office staff either of course, but if we pay staff, at a
>>> minimum we must pay who manages that staff.
>>
>> Do we have officers who could spend more time on SPI if they were paid
>> to do so?
>
> I don't know that it matters. Officers of a corporation should be compensated. It is also normal for established non profits to do so (See Python Foundation).
>
> Of course we could get into a discussion as to the motivational quality of a dollar but I don't know if that would produce a productive result.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> JD
>
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