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Key Legal and Labor Questions

· 4 min read
Florence (Fleck) May
President

The desire to serve is at the heart of the volunteer experience. It is with pleasure that I’ve signed on to write about the driving factors related to recruiting, managing and retaining the right people. The people who want to serve. The right people? Yes, the right people. The people who choose to spend their free time working long hours for your event. The people who volunteer to do hard and often thankless jobs. The people who feel so committed to your festival or event that they come back year after year. It is my business to watch and report on volunteer recruiting and scheduling trends that impact our event clients.

Volunteer Lawsuit Support Articles

· One min read
Florence (Fleck) May
President

Volunteer Lawsuit Support Articles (IFEA Summer 2017)​

The May I Help You volunteer management (IFEA Summer 2017) article outlines recent legal disputes related to volunteer management practices. The following articles provide additional resource information on these lawsuits. TRS does not provide legal or labor guidance, we simply provide awareness of key issues and access to additional information. If you believe your organization is at risk please secure the services of an attorney or labor expert.

May I help You

· 4 min read
Florence (Fleck) May
President

May I help You? IFEA's ie: The Business of International Events, 2017​

Florence May is the President of TRS – The Registration System. Leveraging world-class event management and large scale operations background, florence is a popular speaker and writer on forward-thinking volunteer management strategies. She has served in leadership positions with Visit Indy, United States Grand Prix LOC, Simply Hospitality and as an US Army Officer during the Gulf War. She is married to a rocket scientist (seriously) with two daughters in college (donations are welcome) and a crazy labradoodle (my exercise plan).