CB.7:4.3 - Invite and select for the actual work

Make an individual, intelligible offer: the contribution, its recipient, available freedom, expected burden, support and way to leave or reduce it. Ask what the person wants from the work and which conditions would make it feasible. Declining the role can leave their existing participation valuable.

Use evidence appropriate to the contribution. A potential host can work through a representative session; a prospective moderator can explain how they would respond to a difficult case; a maintenance organiser can show how they obtain and return a correction. Assess the needed work, rather than using visible enthusiasm or friendship as its proxy.

Select preparation and support from the gaps revealed. One person may need the local access procedure, another practice in giving a brief, and another a qualified colleague for a domain judgement. A person who can welcome members need not be able to teach the practice or decide a complaint. Obtain those separate contributions where needed.

Make selection understandable when several people seek a role. State the work criteria, who selects, how relevant conflicts are handled and how an unsuccessful applicant can obtain a useful explanation. Keep the inquiry proportionate: a small voluntary hosting task may need one working conversation, while a role with consequential decisions requires the relevant mandate and preparation.

Recognise the contribution through CB.6 in a form the person values. Distinguish that acknowledgement from compensation, expenses, access and time needed to make the work possible. If the community needs dependable service beyond willing voluntary capacity, change the provision or promise.