[Artemisia] folks going places

[Sondra Gibson]

Hi Bart,

I totally agree that in a volunteer organization such as ours you can't (and
shouldn't) be able to force anyone to play in a manner that he or she
doesn't wish to.  That said, many of our groups are small, and if people
don't support their groups at the local level we would not *have* an
organization.  For the most part, those who are willing to give their time
and effort locally are the backbone of the SCA.  They are the ones who do
the work behind the scenes to put on the events that everyone enjoys.  It
can be frustrating to see people participating at events hundreds of miles
from home but never see them when there are things that need doing locally.


Gefjon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: artemisia-bounces+sgibson=edulog.com at lists.gallowglass.org
> [mailto:artemisia-bounces+sgibson=edulog.com at lists.gallowglass.org]On
> Behalf Of Bartholomew Hightower
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:32 PM
> To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> Subject: [Artemisia] folks going places
> 
> 
> I cannot see why "people travelling to events without attending local 
> meetings" would be any sort of problem at all for this completely 
> volunteer organization.   You cannot force people to participate in a 
> way they cannot or choose not to do.  It must come from them 
> -- that is 
> the basis from which we start.
> 
> I, for one, was very glad to see the two gentles mentioned in 
> a previous 
> post.  Must I be forced to wait for them to fulfill a local 
> attendance 
> quota before crossing swords with them again?
> 
> Respectfully submitted,
> 
> -bart
> 
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