[Hartwood] volunteer scheduling - cultural days committee
Hartwood
hartwood at tirrigh.org
Thu Jun 19 22:16:46 PDT 2014
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thanks,
John
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On Thu, 6/19/14, Hartwood <hartwood at tirrigh.org> wrote:
Subject: [Hartwood] volunteer scheduling - cultural days committee
To: hartwood at tirrigh.org
Received: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 7:45 PM
I
have to admit, m
y comments re.
scheduling of the organizing meeting were influenced by two
recent experiences
with other volunteer-based Nanaimo groups.
The first was a
service club. The self-employed President and a retired
member
committed the group to an ongoing volunteer slot on a
Wednesday morning...and
for the next two years, they had to plead and cajole and
send around
emergency emails and phone calls trying to get people
to show up
because the majority of club members couldn't make it
during working hours. This
was Rotary so quite a few members did own their own
businesses BUT they had to
be at the office/store/job site during working hours. (Quite
a few of us
couldn't figure out why on earth the committment was
renewed for a second
year after the first year proved that only 10% of the club
members - most of
whom happened to be retired - were available to volunteer on
a Wednesday
morning.)
The second group
were local church members mostly aged 70-plus who
desperately wanted to bring in
younger, working members able to contribute more
financially and physically
to the church but who scheduled almost every activity -
other than the
church services and occasional rummage sale - for between 10
a.m. and 3 p.m.
Monday to Friday.
So yes - I agree
there are more variable schedules out there but even
so, from what I've
seen locally, the majority of people still tend to be
working on a
Wednesday afternoon - hence the organizers of this event are
shutting out that
group as potential
organizers/volunteers.
Of course
that has nothing to do with whether or not we participate -
I was just
remarking on it because the meetings are nearby and if they
were scheduled
outside office hours, I might have considered
attending.
It may still be
worth doing...numbers will be an issue, as others have
already
noted.
From:
Hartwood
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 5:32 PM
To: hartwood at tirrigh.org
Subject: Re: [Hartwood] this could be
something we get involved
in
Dad
owns his own business and is a member of a community
committee that takes him
away one thursday a month up to campbell river. Not just
the unemployed, but
also those in a managerial position and thus are able to
schedule such
appointments for themselves... and anyone who doesn't
get a weekend off, but
rather random days during the work week (like me, when I
was working in
Victoria)...
Our communities are too diverse now to schedule
something with any hope
of guaranteed attendance. Just gotta pitch something and
hope.
As to the event itself, would our contribution be
kind of like a cross
between a demo and a free tutr?
~ Cunegonda
On 2014-06-19, at 9:52 AM, Hartwood wrote:
On the plus side, it
could be a useful way of drawing more potential members.
Presumably, people
attending this event will be those interested in the
arts,
which
tends to
characterize
many of our members.
I just get a tad
frustrated by organizations that schedule their
organizing meetings to
exclude people who work but hey - their loss of a
sizeable chunk of the
population.
Otherwise, worth
considering when the date doesn't conflict with a
major island
event.
Keep
well,
Val (who is only
commenting at this time because I'm currently
stumped on how to untangle a
wall of text.)
From: Hartwood
[mailto:hartwood-bounces at tirrigh.org] On
Behalf Of Hartwood
Sent: June-19-14
7:45
AM
To: Hartwood
Subject: [Hartwood]
this could be something
we get involved in
From: Nanaimo Arts
Council
Sent: Thursday,
June 19, 2014 6:59 AM
To: Rosemary
Subject: Culture
Days Nanaimo
CULTURE
DAYS NANAIMO
Culture
Days is committed to
reaching the goal of having
all Canadians in every
community declaring “I
Love Culture” and making
culture a daily
habit.
Activities
can be really simple as long
as they
are:
A)
Free
B) Interactive
C) Registered
on the Culture Days
website.
This is a
great way to take advantage
of national
promotion to grow a
grassroots, cultural event
the community will look
forward to every year. A
group of people have come
together to facilitate
the growth of Culture Days
in Nanaimo; we have
been brainstorming
activities and ways to
collaboratively promote the
event. We have come
up with the idea of creating
a “Culture Days
Hub” at the downtown
library that include
various activities in one
location; making
events more easily promoted
and accessible to
the community. This location
will also build on
the Arte de Carnavale event
that has taken place
in the Diana Krall Plaza for
the last two
years.
As a group we hope to connect
people and resources - if
there is a need for
your event, such as people,
expertise, advice,
materials, etc., you can
circulate your needs to
this group and we will all
try to help you fill
it. We will also promote the
event as a whole by
creating a group poster (new
this year) and on
social, and other media,
using the national
event registry as our guide
for what is
happening.
Next meeting is
Monday, June 23rd,
3pm-5pm at the
Downtown Library. If you
would like to be added
to the e-mail list or would
like more
information, contact Sarah
at the Nanaimo Arts
Council.
250-729-3947 or admin at nanaimoartscouncil.ca
www.culturedays.ca
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