It looks like it's going to be raining all week, which puts a bit of a crimp in my volunteering plans. No matter, there's plenty to be done inside.
I'll start out by doing a bit of reading of the book "wikinomics" by Dan Tapscott. I'm interested in this book because Dan writes specifically about the applications of mass communication within the businessplace. I would like to use mass communicative tools like wikis and blogs to organize voluntary movements throughout canada, so this is pretty key reading for me. I also believe that I could function well as a media/ communications consultant for non-profits. Anyway, a little research in this direction certainly won't hurt.
I'll also send a few more emails- to the parks board people, to the vancouver fruit tree project and to city farmer. I'd like to get in communication with them, so I can start volunteering. One thing I've noticed so far is that the route to volunteering is very indirect. In terms of a webpage, it's not just one click through. Potential volunteers often have to send an email to get on a mailing list before they know what to do- I suspect that because of this, there are lots of people in the area who want to get involved, but are stuck on the runway. I'll try to address this issue.
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