[RE-wrenches] Solar Installers Association - Organizer Skill Sets

Joel Davidson joel.davidson at sbcglobal.net
Mon Feb 16 20:06:04 PST 2009


Hi gang,

2 questions.

1) What skill sets do you all want the association organizer/manager to 
have?
See 
http://www.businessinfoguide.com/start-a-professional-organizer-business.htm
and http://www.smithbucklin.com/industry/trade.cfm
and http://www.therobertsgroup.net/
and http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Trade_Association_Manager/Salary
and 
http://www.salaryexpert.com/Trade-Association-Manager/salary-survey-2890.htm
and http://tdworld.com/news/power_trade_association_manager/

2) Repeat Michael's question - Would an organization that represents 
manufacturers (SEIA) also be able to represent the best interests of 
installers?

Joel Davidson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Welch" <michael.welch at re-wrenches.org>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Installers Association


> holtek at sbcglobal.net wrote at 07:21 AM 2/16/2009:
>
>>Thinking out loud - if we could find someone like that to help lay out and 
>>instigate a new version of what we got, I'd be willing to pony 
>>up..........
>
> Hi gang.
>
> I think Holt has hit the nail on the head. An organizing committee (Board) 
> needs to be built to come up with general guidelines and to oversee the 
> efforts of a paid contractor or staff person to put it all together.
>
> That doer would need to have the organizational and people skills to 
> ensure the financial and membership security of the association, beyond 
> any initial funding, through dues, sponsorships, and/or foundation grants.
>
> If I had to make a rough budget guess, I would say that a hundred or so 
> founding members sticking in a grand to 1.5 apiece could get the org off 
> to a very solid start - with the right organizer at the helm, of course. 
> More founding members would mean less money per company/person. Less 
> funding will mean a greater chance of failure, though I do understand that 
> a *very* dedicated volunteer could pull this off. Another funding option 
> could be corporate sponsorships by distributors and maybe manufacturers.
>
> Lots of questions that need to be hammered out. What organizer? Would this 
> be a specialized enough task that it would require experience in starting 
> trade associations? Or general nonprofit leadership experience?  Do any 
> Wrenches have the skills necessary and can take a year or so off from 
> installing (with pay) to do a job like this?
>
> About SEIA being involved. Don't they represent manus? Would an 
> organization that represents manus also be able to represent the best 
> interests of installers?
>
> These are meant only to be examples of hundreds of questions that will be 
> coming up about this concept, and some of them should be answered before 
> taking any premature steps (like seeing if SEIA wants to take this on).
>
> I think we are going to need to take this off-list soon, I have just about 
> finished preparing a new list for this purpose.
>
>
>
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