As all leaders are passionate volunteers, we understand that, from time to time, you will not be able to meet the program requirements. For some, it’s a lack of time or even diminished enthusiasm – and that’s OK!
If you are thinking about stepping down and leaving the program, we want to make sure these steps take place:
- Personal 1-on-1 talk with your community lead – we want to learn more about your experience as a leader and assure you our door is always open.
- Leadership team talk – they rather hear it from you and say a proper goodbye.
- Reach out to your community members to find a suitable replacement. As an active leader, you know the community members best; reach out in person or in public to see who would like to replace you as an official leader, and ask them to apply.
- Publicly announce your departure to your fellow leaders and community members. They will appreciate it.
- We want to thank you, and we want to do it publicly. We will comment or post in your group, following your public message.
On a more technical side:
- We will remove your profile from the leaders’ page.
- We will remove you from our daily communications channels: Slack, emails, and so forth, as well as remove resource permissions.
- We will remove you from your role as Facebook Moderator or Meetup Organizer.