CHAPTER 10

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Qualities of a User Group Volunteer

Volunteers are critical to any community. There are several qualities that are important in a good volunteer. A volunteer is also developing leadership.

If this is new user group, the volunteers are out there, but they are just more difficult to find. They might not yet know of the user group or might have been working on something similar and it would have to be merged or partnered with in some way. But a new group also has more vendor support, so that is a good resource for recruiting volunteers.

Volunteers should be groomed for other roles. There are users who will want to volunteer for one simple ...

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