The AGA makes me sad.

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Re: The AGA makes me sad.

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John Fairbairn wrote:Some things don't change about volunteers. If you carp long enough (not very long), they leave.


Well put, as always, John.

I think it's striking that this thread, devoted in large part to griping about the AGA and volunteering, has generated 6 pages of comments, including 5 in the first 2-3 hours. Meanwhile the thread in the AGA sub-board discussing plans for the improving the AGA in the future has languished with only five replies after a full day.
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Re: The AGA makes me sad.

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pwaldron wrote:I think it's striking that this thread, devoted in large part to griping about the AGA and volunteering, has generated 6 pages of comments, including 5 in the first 2-3 hours. Meanwhile the thread in the AGA sub-board discussing plans for the improving the AGA in the future has languished with only five replies after a full day.
People always know what's wrong, but knowing how to fix it is much more difficult. That's the case for a lot of things, not just running a volunteer organization.
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Re: The AGA makes me sad.

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wms wrote:
pwaldron wrote:I think it's striking that this thread, devoted in large part to griping about the AGA and volunteering, has generated 6 pages of comments, including 5 in the first 2-3 hours. Meanwhile the thread in the AGA sub-board discussing plans for the improving the AGA in the future has languished with only five replies after a full day.
People always know what's wrong, but knowing how to fix it is much more difficult. That's the case for a lot of things, not just running a volunteer organization.


Not saying you're wrong, but there's also the fact that this topic is in General Chat, where it is going to get a lot more attention than the AGA subforum.
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Re: The AGA makes me sad.

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wms wrote:People always know what's wrong, but knowing how to fix it is much more difficult. That's the case for a lot of things, not just running a volunteer organization.


People dont always know whats wrong, but if your list is large then its something to point to when someone says "i didnt know this". Once we have a list we can start finding solutions.
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