Hi Ernesto,
The trouble is where the money comes from. We don't have any membership fees, for example, and I can't see ADHO being able to subsidise the costs of all special interest group webmasters. A solution is to either find funding (i.e. a grant) or start collection membership, but both involve a lot of additional overhead--overhead that's more time consuming that the original problem.
One thing we could look into is whether a Constitutent organisation (the basic money-collecting unit of ADHO organisation) would be willing to sponsor us in part--either on their own or in conjunction with one or more other COs.
-dan
ErnestoWarm regards,As always shared with the best intentions!I know talking about money is always awkward but seems necessary to say it, particularly in our field regarding web publishing work.As someone who has volunteered as webeditor and social media community manager positions in various academic projects I am very much aware these are positions that we digital humanists should recognise as labour intensive and very time consuming. The web is the gateway to what the group does, and keep asking colleagues (regardless of academic position or career stage) to do it on a completely voluntary basis seems unfair. Particularly when the membership to the ADHO is paid by numerous members and there seems to be budget for other things.Hello everyone,Would it be possible to investigate ways of getting funding for a position like this? As special interest group of the ADHO, is there a way some of the membership we pay can be redirected for positions like this?Dr Ernesto Priego
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