[Gllug] Voluntary work

[Andy Farnsworth]

Craig,
  My experience with this is that a Charity is a business just like any
other.  Most businesses don't like their Infrastructure maintained by
volunteer staff as they have a tendency be "Here today gone tomorrow".  Most
of the work done by volunteers is grunt work to take the load off the people
who are employed by the charitable organization.  Before you move into a
roll of responsibility in said organization you have to prove you will "be
here tomorrow to" by volunteering for them for several years.  Once you have
done this, you will be allowed to work on things like this.

Good luck and let us know how this pans out.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: gllug-bounces at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-bounces at linux.co.uk]On
Behalf Of Craig Millar
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:43 PM
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: [Gllug] Voluntary work


Does anyone know of any charity organisations that require any voluntary
work done for them, in and around the London area but anywhere really
that could be done remotely. I am thinking linux/win(doh!)s systems
administration and java programming. I am not a guru in either field by
any stretch of the imagination but feel that I do have something to
contribute. I have attempted to find this sort of thing on the web, but
have turned up mostly data entry and that sort of thing.  I admit, I am
looking to gain some experience into the bargain, so my search is not
entirely selfless, though of course it would have the added benefit of
doing something for the greater good, and would hopefully be ongoing
regardless of the path my career takes. Any comments and suggestions
welcome, thanks.
Craig


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