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What is the point of this page? I know quite a bit about our GLAM programme and we do not have "GLAM Outreach Ambassadors". Thanks --Fæ (talk) 14:45, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- It's the title appearing on volunteers' new business cards. I'm assuming it's more of a vanity title intended to impress third parties than a functional one. Harry Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- If that has happened, then I'm sorry but it is a mistake as there is no such title agreed with the board. --Fæ (talk) 02:27, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- I would suggest that you take it up with the office directly, then, because about half a dozen volunteers are walking round with, between us, thousands of business cards bearing that title. However, I fail to see the need for the board to micromanage every aspect of the chapter's existence, down to how volunteers (who apparently represent the UK community but not the chapter) present themselves. Harry Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:10, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks Harry, already done as you might expect. How the charity is represented is a concern for the trustees, particularly when there may be legal implications. Dismissing my concern as micromanagement is a bit unfair, I was the single trustee that fought the case pretty hard to ensure that volunteers would get business cards when they were needed. This was very specifically discussed and agreed some weeks ago, so I have been surprised at why this was apparently changed just before the cards were printed. --Fæ (talk) 12:15, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- Perhaps it was unfair, but, with the greatest respect, one can't have it both ways. Either they represent the chapter, in which case the board can dictate how they present themselves, or they don't (as this page currently says), and therefore (as far as the chapter is concerned), can present themselves as they please provided they don't misrepresent themselves as representing the chapter. I'm all for the former, for reasons I won't bore everyone with for the Nth time, but even then, this seems a very innocuous title (especially when accompanied by a page such as this, explaining what the title means). If the title was a departure from what the board agreed, that's news to me as much it is to you. Harry Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:53, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- I did not write this page, I have already said it is incorrect, I'll change it now. If you hand out a business card at a meeting or conference with your name and the UK charity's details and registration number on it, you are representing the charity. You are trusted in that role as a volunteer. --Fæ (talk) 12:55, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- Perhaps it was unfair, but, with the greatest respect, one can't have it both ways. Either they represent the chapter, in which case the board can dictate how they present themselves, or they don't (as this page currently says), and therefore (as far as the chapter is concerned), can present themselves as they please provided they don't misrepresent themselves as representing the chapter. I'm all for the former, for reasons I won't bore everyone with for the Nth time, but even then, this seems a very innocuous title (especially when accompanied by a page such as this, explaining what the title means). If the title was a departure from what the board agreed, that's news to me as much it is to you. Harry Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:53, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks Harry, already done as you might expect. How the charity is represented is a concern for the trustees, particularly when there may be legal implications. Dismissing my concern as micromanagement is a bit unfair, I was the single trustee that fought the case pretty hard to ensure that volunteers would get business cards when they were needed. This was very specifically discussed and agreed some weeks ago, so I have been surprised at why this was apparently changed just before the cards were printed. --Fæ (talk) 12:15, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- I would suggest that you take it up with the office directly, then, because about half a dozen volunteers are walking round with, between us, thousands of business cards bearing that title. However, I fail to see the need for the board to micromanage every aspect of the chapter's existence, down to how volunteers (who apparently represent the UK community but not the chapter) present themselves. Harry Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:10, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- If that has happened, then I'm sorry but it is a mistake as there is no such title agreed with the board. --Fæ (talk) 02:27, 6 August 2012 (UTC)