How I spend my time... as ED

The IRS recently required that I specify how my time (and cost) as the Coho/US Executive Director is split across our four "businesses" - Association Management, Conferences, Tours, and Online. I do lots of things and wear many Coho/US hats - some of them are hard to put into a particular "business" as they so often overlap. Some donors (both communities and individuals) want to better understand how their donations are used - something that I lead, under the guidance of the Board of Directors. I thought some of the readers out there in "Cohousing.org land" might be interested in some specifics about what I'm up to on a day-to-day basis.

1. Manage staff - all part-time, excepting me
   • National Tours Director
   • Webmaster
   • Advertising Manager
   • Email broadcaster
   • Conference event organizer
   • Conference public relations
   • Conference online promoter
   • Bookkeeper
2. Support staff with various activities, covering them when unavailable:
   
   • Fielding email questions to which others don't respond
   • Working with tours director on promotion
   • Working with Ad manager on new advertising features/processes
   • Feedback on new website navigation
   • Consider a possible website upgrade to the Drupal 6.0 platform
   • Reviewing press releases
   • Educating non-cohousers on coho-specific issues
3. Support board
   • Agendas and reports for monthly meetings
   • Field questions and investigate a variety of topics
   • Budgeting and financial tracking
4. Support other volunteers
   • Work with volunteer transcriptionists
   • Conference Call Speakers
5. Acting Editor
   • Drive the schedule and write content for some parts of <a href=/now">Cohousing Now!</a>
   • Editorial changes throughout the site - the Conference section has received the most focus of late
6. 2009 Conference Roles
   • Promotion - mostly online via email broadcasts, online search advertising, calendar postings, other website
   • Large sessions - orchestrating the featured speakers and other parts
   • Bookstore/Silent Auction/Live Auction - our arrangement with FIC, the Auctioneer, some donors
   • Procurement of some specialty items
   • Program content production
   • Featured Speaker hosting
   • Professional Dinner organizer
   • Supporting Conference team volunteers, especially registrar, conference chair
   • Contracts with different vendors
   • Sponsor support
7. Miscellaneous
   • Media relations - giving interviews and helping press identify others
   • Overall operations, approving reimbursement requests, invoices, etc.
   • Writing occasional blog entries to increase visibility
   • Donor support

And other stuff that doesn't come to mind right now...

OK Craig, its time to breathe.