Volunteers and Non-Profit organization members are a rare commodity. They are hard to find, difficult to screen, expensive to replace/retain and then vanish without warning.
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Author Archives: Frank SAPAA
Volunteering Definitions
As a result of a private research project I am engaged in, I wonder what exactly is the definition of a volunteer, non-profit or a member of a non-profit. There are a few other blogs I wanted to write concerning these things but I kept on coming back to the question, but what exactly is a ….?
Continue readingWhat is This Budget-Thing You Speak Of?
I recall sitting in a board meeting for a non-profit I was involved with years ago and the budget process came up. Specifically the word ‘budget’ meant to different things to different board members.
Co-opetition & the Non-Profit
In a previous blog, Co-Opetition at 20-Something, I gave myself a memory jog for the book of the same name. One of the reasons I was re-reading this book was to know what the concept has to say about Co-Opetition and Non-Profits [1].
Continue readingCo-opetition at 20-Something
In my ongoing effort to remember what I have read, some notes (aka memory jogs) on the book “Co-Opetition”, by Adam M. Brandenburger, Barry J. Nalebuff [1]. First published in the mid-1990’s, this is not a new book. But, with increasing global competition and the rise of the virtual business place due to COVID, perhaps one that should be revisited.
Continue readingMEC and Private-ME
As a member in MEC, I exist in two different forms. I am a customer for a retail outlet and I am a member (shareholder) in a cooperative.
MEC and Slumbering Neurons
I spent my professional accounting career in the realms of strategy, governance, information technology, public sector and peripheral fields such as risk or project management. Although I have not done financial analysis in awhile, it is still fun to dust off the old neurons and see if they still work.
MEC Debt Matters
This weekend, September 26-27, 2020, is important for the Canadian retailer, MEC (formerly the Mountain Equipment Cooperative). A British Columbian court will decide if MEC should be sold to a private equity firm [1]. A grassroots group, SaveMEC, has raised funds and support to oppose the sale. It hopes to send 10,000 letters to the creditors to convince them to delay the sale for a fortnight while alternatives are sought. This blog is 1/10,000 of this support – and some thoughts on alternatives.
The Halifax Explosion
In my ongoing efforts to remember what I have read, some notes on the book, The Halifax Explosion by Ken Cuthbertson.
The Game of Sudden Wealth
For most people, we accumulate (or not) wealth slowly, year over year. We work, save, spend, borrow and then go back to work. For the (un)lucky few, wealth comes suddenly which can give rise to Sudden Wealth Syndrome (SWS).
Organizational Biology 