Our Approach to Paid Positions

TPI has been looking for a way to offer stipends to volunteers so we can pay people who would be better able to volunteer if that participation came with financial assistance such as help with utility bills and rent. However, IRS and Labor laws interfere with our ability to do so in any substantial degree. For this reason, we have designed a way that we can offer paid positions that we intend to increase over time as we work out the system better. Staff positions are considered more consistent, and stipend volunteer positions can be more flexible.

We are also designating our position openings as committee members to help build our our organization as defined in the member guide. The Member Guide can be found here.

We expect to hire one person to work out problems in the system, then increase the hiring to expand our work across the committees. In this way, we hope to maintain our grassroots volunteer approach while providing financial assistance to those who need it!