Re: Volunteers

[don.rude@comcast.net]

HOW TRUE, 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Snyder" <geraldcsnyder@gmail.com> 
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 4:18:16 PM 
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Volunteers 

On 1/29/2012 1:28 PM, Robert Pries wrote: 
> There is a strange socio-economic rule that seems to apply to almost all 
> situations called the 20/80 rule. In business 80% of your sales are on 20% of 
> your merchandize. In Volunteer organizations 20% of your members do 80% of the 
> work. 

I would amend the above to say that in my experience only 20% ever do an 
appreciable amount of work during their period of membership, with the 
number helping out significantly at any one time being much closer to 10%. 

But all of Bob's points are still valid. We are not utilizing even 10%. 

Gerry 

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