Makes sense to me. My personal situation is that open ended commitments are dangerous, because there is more than one commitment.
For two weeks, I thought I would be free, and the fact is that I had things that required my being somewhere else for a fair amount of time on Saturday. It is easier to tell someone that I am committed for say....8 weeks, than to say that I am busy every Saturday, and be reminded that another organization, or the home maintenance, or a customer is important also. Sean Burns wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 05:19:44PM -0500, Robert Citek wrote: > > Something tells me there needs to be an element of time attached to > > volunteering, with a definite start and end date. Beginning on the > > start date, volunteers are oriented. Then they are trained, work on > > projects, teach, etc. When their time is up, they are free to move on > > or volunteer for another round. But there is always a definite start > > and end. > > > > Fellowships, internships, enlistments, sabbaticals, training programs, > > political positions, and contract work all have that element of a > > defined period. > > That sounds like a wonderful idea. A sort of tour, so to speak. I > think you could add something to this: give the volunteer the ability to > complete all the programs, if they want, and attain a sort of > "promotion", like Master Level I, but maybe something more creative than > that. But the various programs individually could be Apprentice Level > A, Apprentice Level B, etc. Once they complete all those, Master Level > I. Then they can do a project of their own creation/design: that would > be Master Level II. But all this could be voluntary and each level > would be autonomous so if they only wanted to do one tour (or term), > that would be all right also. > > sean > -- > Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:42:20 -0500 > >
