I think that Joe's point is that the position open is that of treasurer.
I've been in membership organizations that had a year wait. But in community groups things are moire inclusive but anyone claiming finance creds has got to have a track record.

On Apr 26, 2016 7:00 PM, "Claire Baffaut via Organizers" <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Joe,

Unless I am missing something, your situation is not something to avoid. It is something to be grateful for. You must be doing something right to have people volunteer for this position without twisting any arm. The treasurer position is very important, yet it requires diligence and understanding of what is required. The work is behind the scene and has few rewards.

I have heard (and seen) of more organizations going under because of books being cooked than I ever thought was possible. It happens more often than we would want too, sometimes because the person is in denial of what the numbers are saying, sometimes because the situation is too tempting to resist.

The best prevention is to have several pairs of eyes on the books and have frequent changes of treasurers so that no one is too comfortable. It seems that you are in an ideal situation for either one of those. You could ask that person to review the books, or you could ask her to take over the position, or you could ask her to shadow the current treasurer and learn the ways it is done in your organization before she moves into the position. What I am saying is that there are many ways for you to use the talent in a way that benefits your organization, in the short and long run.

Claire (Columbia, MO)

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:45 PM, David Kirchner via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

I guess I don't see the problem here. Someone wants to volunteer to help the organization. Yay!

So the person hasn't danced much. So what? There are other people who do dance on the board, right? It's not like this person is going to initiate something that would hurt the dance and manage to carry the day against a bunch of dancing board members who would know better.

If the problem is that this person would be bad for the board for other reasons (unrelated to the lack of dance experience), then you should address that the same way you would address it if a regular dancer who wouldn't be a good choice asked to join the board.

David

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Jeff Raymond via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

It is amazing how helpful new converts I mean dancers are and to ignore qualified personnel because they are not yet fully vetted could mean missing out on some good talent.
Qualifications and references are in order.
IMHO
Be well, Jeff

On Apr 26, 2016 5:16 PM, "via Organizers" <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

The situation is unclear to me. Is this person unqualified in some way?

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> On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Joe Kwiatkowski via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> It's annual election time, and a new dancer is answering the call to help the organization.
>
> The individual in question is someone known to a Board member and has "has served with other groups as funds manager/ treasurer type positions".  Using her talents, she has volunteered to lend them to the organization as Treasurer.
>
> This has sparked a battle among (1) we need to amend the by-laws so this can't happen, (2) we need to mentor new people into leadership, (3) we need to just vote at the general election and see what happens.
>
> A supporter of (1) claims that "that's what other clubs do".
>
> So without asking for the entire contra nation to take sides, let me ask you organizers: what would your club do/what does your club do to contend with or avoid situations such as this?
>
> Joe Kwiatkowski
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