I want to quit a long-term volunteer position *UPDATE* *UPDATE 2*

[Lithium381]

no more udpates just let it all expire, reclaim your hardware

 

[SKORPI0]

Look like the founder is "passionate" about maintaining a source of income .

 

[Gooberlx2]

UPDATE - Called the guy, said I was quitting - offered to help with transition. He said "good riddance", I don't do what he wants. Now, what to do with the site?

Wow, what a dick. Redirect visitors to a competing charity. ...or...ya know, take the high ground as suggested.

 

[OutHouse]

Wow. What an asshole shut down the site and move on

 

[DayLaPaul]

Wow, what a dick. Redirect visitors to a competing charity. ...or...ya know, take the high ground as suggested.

I was thinking tubgirl or meatspin but another charity ain't a bad idea either.

 

[nanette1985]

Wow, what a dick. Redirect visitors to a competing charity . ...or...ya know, take the high ground as suggested.

Whoa, great idea. Thanks.

 

[Rifter]

This.

Also, I'd change all the pages to a 404 and get the cached results removed from Google, too: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=164734&from=92865&rd=1

Yeah dont forget to clear the google cached page. Just take the site down and walk away, its not your problem anymore.

 

[Lifted]

Is this a full on 501(c)(3) non profit organization or just this guys hobby? I assume if he is taking donations, it must be legit, but you never know.

If it is a legit non profit, the annual report which must be filled every year and made public would give you an idea of how much money is coming in, how much salary (if any) he and others are receiving, and how much of a burden your expenses for transferring the website to him may be.

Assuming the organization is taking in even $250k/year, and only has a few full or part time employees and several volunteers, you shouldn't feel any guilt in taking the site down and asking the prick to reimburse you for all costs to transfer the site, all passwords, all content, domains, etc., to him, along with creating any necessary documentation for whoever is going to take it over. If the money doesn't go to you for your time, it's just going to find its way to him one way or another.

 

[chipy]

PI, sorry to hear that! sounds like you put a lot of work into it and the guy didn't appreciate your efforts. i'm sure some of those parents did though.

just curious, what's the website/organization?

 

[nanette1985]

UPDATE 2

Contacted another related site - of course I know these people also, and they are familiar with the situation. They contacted their lawyers, got a quick okay, and I transferred everything to them, they can do whatever they want.

Yay, I'm done. It's a great feeling.

Money: I always considered my financial support as a donation - donating to a charity that I KNEW the money was going to a good cause. It only got to be a lot fairly recently, when i didn't have as much $ of my own.

Besides making friends I got a lot out of it as a tech person - experience, experimenting, learning a lot about web charity fundraising, security/privacy, etc.

I just can't do it any more.

Thanks for all the comments & thoughts. No, I won't name the sites/organizations because of privacy issues - members can be pretty open about their personal stories. But thanks for caring.