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Roman, Times, serif">My thoughts about our pitch to the board
later on this week re: the evolution of the MS model. We can
only expect to have 15 min on this so am keeping it fairly
narrowly focussed:<br>
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<p><font style="font-size: 16pt" size="4">Our focus would be on
improving our ability to grow the MS volunteer community,
increasing diversity, increasing participation. The goal has to
be to build a system that can attract and
retain volunteers in multiple locations and local contexts who
can
engage at multiple levels. There is no one size that fits all.
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this challenge, the community must lead. That is where the
expertise
is, that's where the local knowledge is and where the solutions
will come from. We need to innovate, take some risks and think
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font style="font-size: 16pt" size="4">Good
theory, but in reality, there are lots of hurdles -- it is not
so easy to get
adequate funds moving in the direction of innovative community
outreach programs. --- offer a couple of real examples.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font style="font-size: 16pt" size="4"><b>The
ask: In the interests of bringing more people into our
communities to deal with the ever increasing workload, will
the Board formally
recognize and encourage efforts to innovate in this challenge
of growing our community -- by lowering some of the barriers.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font style="font-size: 16pt" size="4">Marita<br>
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