Margaret Elisabeth
Field Bee
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2012
- Messages
- 545
- Reaction score
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- Location
- Sheffield
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
It's the same with all clubs and associations whatever the hobby, a few people take the lead but getting help for any function is murder but it's the same people who then make the most noise if something isn't done to their liking.
Getting help with events that need voluntary help needs to focus on asking for small commitments of time. A two hour slot is a good idea long enough for making the effort to get there and not too long to take up a whole morning or afternoon.
Try making a timetable for the event day and putting two spaces for each slot, so people who volunteer have a partner. This can be a good way for folk to get to know each other and to attend an event especially mixed interest events. Remember to have a setting up slot and a clearing away slot. Then after the event make sure at the next meeting you give time for feedback on the day from the members who helped. This is another way for members to get to know each other and feel included rather than an outsider on the fringes of what can seem like a rather exclusive club.
my brother (who enterd into a civil partnership some seven years ago with his partner Neil) prefers to use the word partner, but that's what so great about this diverse country of ours - the freedom to say and do as we want (within reason of course!) - still think Cameroon is a buffoon thought (on more than one subject) 
