Did a visualisation of OTW Board traffic

[samvara]

..i don't usually get to use scatter charts

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[samjohnsson]

that's an...awful ratio.

[samvara]

Resigned = 58.82% :(

[samjohnsson]

I am really curious what it would be if chairs were included.

[samvara]

I desperately want to do HR stats now - a classic annual retention chart for starters and one of those ones that tracks length of service.

[samjohnsson]

Volcom might have it, and I'd think it's critical for StratPlan.

[samvara]

Chairs stats would be different though, in back in 2009 I actively encouraged people to change every year to share the knowledge and build up a pool of people with the skills.

Whether they stayed with the Org would probably be a valid stat though.

66.67% of ex-Board members leave the Org.

[samjohnsson]

Even the chairs who stayed with their committee would be interesting.

[samvara]

Yes it would.

I was thinking a Committee Dashboard would be useful, where every committee does a ballpark 'ideal staffing' number and we compare to 'actual'

[samjohnsson]

Though, some committees, that needs to be a dynamic number. (Tags, Abuse, Support, arguably Coders...)

[samvara]

That's a good point... what about a monthly 'are you in trouble Y/N' dashboard?

[christycorr]

Wow. :(

[samvara]

...it's not like we don't know this... :(

[christycorr]

I know, I know, it's just—there's something about seeing the data right before your eyes that makes it a whole lot worse.

I really wish there was something we could do collectively, but it just feels scary and hopeless and sort of inevitable. :/ Ack.

[samvara]

*hugs* There's a HUGE amount of support and information out there on non-profit governance. We just need to leverage it.

There are things we can do!

Volcom have done excellent work with recruitment - having position descriptions and training plans and actual processes will make us a better org. Support that and build it into your committees.

Practice good governance at all levels - little things like running meetings well, and communicating with all the people your work affects make a huge difference to an organisation's effectiveness and culture.

As we develop and refine those skills, we prepare our future Board members for success.

/rave

[christycorr]

:D It warms my heart that you're so optimistic ♥ Fingers crossed, then!

[samvara]

I'm confident that the OTW will survive as an org, I think what we need to work on is helping the people that make us up survive and be happy as well.