Re: communications

[andi rivarola <andinsky@gmail.com>]

Apathy is not a word people want to hear too often, and in many cases it
may not apply. Also, when you work with volunteers it takes a lots of
energy to put together a program that motivates them to help. They are not
employees, so the key is to know *how to inspire them to help.* Please,
let's not do an article that is negative in nature, but rather one that
inspires volunteers to do their job.

I'm sure there many reasons why people don't react to the communication
tools we use, and perhaps a full exploration of that should take place
within this group before going all out to say that Apathy is loose within
our midst. Are each one of us, doing enough to inspire others to help? It
is the job of the overseers to make sure this is the case; from the
President all the way to the RVPs and club boards. Are we doing enough,
communicating enough, inspiring enough so others have no choice but feel
inclined to help?

My two cents.

Andi

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Kelly D. Norris <kellydn@frontiernet.net>wrote:

> I'd love to offer someone the Commentary column for the October issue on
> the
> subject of "apathy"!  Who will take me up on it? :)
>
> Regardless of the author, I would want the timbre of the column to be
> optimistic and encouraging.  The last thing overtaxed volunteers want to
> hear is that their apathetic because they're overtaxed.
>
> Calling all wordsmiths...
> --kdn
>
> Horticulturally,
>
> Kelly D. Norris
> Farm Manager, Rainbow Iris Farm
> Editor, Irises: The Bulletin of The American Iris Society
> Bedford & Ames, IA
> Zone 4b/5a
> Read my blog at: http://www.kellydnorris.com
>
>
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>
> Cheryl,
>
> Well said.  Maybe we should prepare an article on  APATHY for the AIS
> Bulletin and our web site.  Maybe I  should put same in my column.  What do
> you think?  As Section Liaison  I run into the same thing from too many
> Section officers.  I think many of  our volunteers are overtaxed and spread
> way thin.
>
> Jim M.
>
>
> In a message dated 7/20/2012 11:08:08 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> region15kids@hotmail.com writes:
>
> One of  the biggest obstacles to communication is apathy by those involved.
>   As
> the RVP Counselor, I have tried to communicate with all the RVPs about  the
> many changes/decisions/discussions happening within AIS, but  unfortunately
> many RVPs are not as diligent as Sue Ann Barnes in passing on  the
> information to her affiliates or asking for clarification about  changes.
> Even when requesting a response to an email I do not hear  from some RVPS,
> even after re-sending the request.  Multiply this  percentage by the number
> of affiliates and you can see how many would think  we are not
> communicating, or responsive to our membership. As volunteers we  do the
> best we can, and I think we do a pretty good job.  I too am  available for
> any complaints or concerns from the membership and willingly  try to help
> resolve any problems and questions that arise.
> Cheryl
>
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in fictionalized accounts of ancient Greeks in baths (though the conditions
for this can be forced into existence), but by putting things together that
do not normally go together; from taking disciplines (or curriculum areas)
and seeing what happens when they are forced into unanticipated collision."*
*"* -- *Dancing From Architecture: A Little Book of Creativity, b*y *Phil
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