Our vision for the Staff of The Augustan Society, Inc.: At present, non-professional staff in the form of [[Consuls]] are obliged to perform all work that must or should be done at [[Headquarters]], and entirely too much that doesn't depend on that location. Non-HQ tasks should be transferred to volunteers to the extent possible.
There are two approaches to long-term staffing:
In both cases, they will be expected to oversee the work of volunteers, both on- and off-site. Finding a candidate who can do so constructively will be essential, and close monitoring during their first years will be needed to ensure we have chosen well.
Thus I think an appropriate immediate goal would '''The Society should move to document all of the tasks and procedures employed to the degree that a reasonably competent person might be able to find volunteers follow such procedures to take on all good effect, notwithstanding that some tasks may require specialized knowledge or skills.''' '''The Society should move to assign tasks that do not have to be performed at Headquarters, and that documentation of all HQ tasks be completed to the point where a competent clerk without a background in the Society or our special topics would be able volunteers other than Consuls to assume those responsibilities. Consuls are working toward both of these as time and resources permit, but the [[President]] must find and appoint most of those willing volunteersextent practicable.'''
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