Retaining Volunteers

Tips for working well as a team within a Freegle group

• Swap numbers asap in case of emergencies that lead to a sudden inability to mod (!)
• Respect each other's skills and different time commitments
• Consider having informal meet ups every 3 months, maybe sometimes with neigbouring group mods
• Meet up online if face-to-face meet ups never seem to happen
• Have your own mods' group - some freegle groups cc relelvent messages to the group-owner address, others have a yahoo group that's just for mods of one or a couple of adjoining re-gifting groups. Advantages:

         o archive 
         o files 
         o practice polls 
         o chat & support

• Check the management logs from time to time to ensure that the bulk of the modding is not being done by one mod - this puts the group at risk for several reasons:

         o the busy mod may be more likely to burn out 
         o if the busy mod is not available there may be a serious gap in modding cover
         o other mods may feel that they are not getting sufficient opportunity to mod and lose interest 

• Retaining volunteers article:

http://www.volunteering.org.uk/resources/goodpracticebank/Core+Themes/retention/retainingvolunteers-overview.htm