Possible costs in the initial data collection and research phase could include:
- an in-person meeting, perhaps to coincide with either the national hosting or sending conference
- integration of data collection process into Global Link, which could incur a cost to design and format online forms to include appropriate questions for students, host families and volunteers
- the cost of a consultant, if the committee recognized a lack of volunteer and staff expertise
I hate hiring consultants! I think that we have enough AFS people who have respectable knowledge and experience, and/or the ability to do research. I'd prefer to spend any (scarce)funds on materials and training, or recruiting expenses.
ReplyDeleteI prefer to beg, borrow and steal. This is an area with a lot of information out there, plus with the experience of staff and volunteers, I imagine we are in good shape.
ReplyDeleteThough the way the question was posed, I didn't want to discount the possibility that we would need a professional resource. I wanted to leave the door open.