Volunteer Managers Network

Steering Committee Information Sheet 2014

The Volunteer Managers Network of Catholic Charities is an afnity group for
staf and volunteers from Catholic Charities US mem!er agencies and
afliates" who want to advance volunteerism as a practice and philosophy"
integrate volunteers into daily operations and promote the leadership of
Volunteer Managers in organi#ations$
Thank you for considering joining Catholic Charities USAs Volunteer
Managers Network Steering Committee! !"# continues to $e the inaugural
year for the steering committee of the Network and you will ha%e a
tremendous o&&ortunity to sha&e the %olunteer management agenda!
This team will $e chosen from Catholic Charities sta' and %olunteers from
across the country who ha%e demonstrated a commitment to ad%ancing the
engagement of %olunteers( &romoting %olunteer management as a
&rofession and to li%ing out the mission of Catholic Charities) *e as&ire to
create a grou& of &eo&le who inno%ati%ely manage %olunteers( ad%ocate for
%olunteer management in their agency and utili+e %olunteers to reduce
&o%erty in America)
,n order to hel& you make an informed decision a$out $eing a &art of this
team( we created this &acket containing $ackground information on the
Network and guidelines for steering committee functioning)
Volunteer Managers Network
The Volunteer Managers Network of Catholic Charities USA is an a-nity
grou& for sta' and %olunteers from Catholic Charities USA mem$er agencies
and a-liates( who want to ad%ance %olunteerism as a &ractice and
&hiloso&hy( integrate %olunteers into daily o&erations and &romote the
leadershi& of Volunteer Managers) The Volunteer Managers Network ser%es
as a forum for networking and &rofessional de%elo&ment $y sharing $est
&ractices( learning new skills( antici&ating trends( grou& &ro$lem sol%ing and
as a resource for materials( training( and formation tools that make
managing %olunteers successful)
Steering Committee .uidelines
The Volunteer Managers Network will create and $e led $y a Steering
committee re&resenting the mem$ershi& of the Network) The Volunteer
Managers Network Steering committee will &ro%ide strategic direction(
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Steering Committee Information Sheet 2014
facilitate networking and coordinate Network acti%ities) The team will
re&resent the di%ersity of models and skills &resent in Catholic Charities
agencies across the country)
The Steering committee will consist of u& to twel%e mem$ers) Steering
committee mem$ers will $e selected from the o%erall Network mem$ershi&)
/ach year candidates will $e solicited from the entire Networks roster to $e
considered for o&en &ositions on the Steering committee) Candidates a&&ly
to $e a &art of the Team and are selected $y the Steering committee $ased
on 0uali1cations( e2&erience and skills) The Steering committee attem&ts to
maintain a grou& re3ecti%e of the gender( age( racial and ethnic di%ersity of
the Network mem$ershi& as well as the region( si+e and sco&e of the agency
in which the mem$ers work)
Mem$ers will ser%e two year terms and may a&&ly for a second two4year
term through the annual a&&lication &rocess) Terms will $e staggered to
facilitate continuity) Terms will $egin in 5anuary and end in 5anuary)
The Steering committee will ha%e at least one Catholic Charities USA Sta'
6iaison to the Network who will facilitate the e2change of information and
resources $etween the Volunteer Managers Network mem$ershi&( Steering
committee mem$ers and Catholic Charities USA)
Meetings
To ensure focus and continuity( the Steering committee will conduct
conference calls as needed and will hold an o&tional face4to4face meeting at
the Catholic Charities USA Annual .athering) The Team will function on a
consensus $asis) *hen %oting is necessary( the Team will function on a
majority $asis)
The steering committee mem$ers are asked to make a time and work
commitment to the team) Mem$ers can antici&ate &artici&ating u& to three
hours a month as a steering committee mem$er)