Friends group specific resources
“Combatting the Same Six Syndrome,” SOLV.
http://solv.org/volunteers/same_six_people.asp
"Episodic Volunteers vs. Key Volunteers," SOLV.
http://solv.org/volunteers/key_vs_episodic.asp
Hands On Portland Partner User Guide
http://www.handsonportland.org/AboutUs/index.php/Partner%20User%20Guide%20102507.doc
“The Core Group.” Refuge Net.
www.refugenet.org/new-pdf-files/TakingFlight/D%20The%20Core%20Group.pdf
General Community Organizing & Recruitment Resources
Community Tool Box
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/Default.htm
especially
Chp. 14: Core Functions in Leadership:
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/chapter_1014.htm
Section 5: Building and Sustaining Commitment
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/sub_section_main_1136.htm
Brown, Michael. "How to Recruit People to Your Organization," Cambridge, MA, 1994.
Reprinted online at: http://www.iww.org/organize/branch/recruit/index.shtml
Kretzmann, John P. and John L. McKnight. "Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets."
http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/abcd/resources/