I took a look at our Yahoo bworks_shop group, and we have 70 people listed as members. Yet on any given Saturday, we are lucky to have 5-6 people in the shop.
We are advertising on VolunteerMatch, looking for help. Let's advertise to ourselves as well! You are on the shop list, which is why you are getting this email. There are currently 185 children on the WAITING list ... at our current rate, it's going to be nearing the end of 2011 before we get to all those kids. That's not counting anyone else who wants to sign up in the next two years, just our current backlog. Another thing: the adult classes. I know we've got a waiting list for that. I know there is strong demand for that. I know there are a group of volunteers who are trying to get that program back up and running. What I do not know, nor did anyone else in the shop last Saturday, are any of the details. You know, answers to the questions we get when people walk in or call up, wanting information? When are the adult classes going to start? What are the details of the program (class dates/times, curriculum, etc)? Who is going to build the computers for the adult program? What work space will they need in the shop, and what equipment? When will they be building them? Will they come and talk with the rest of us volunteers who work in the shop, so we know what we can do to help out? Doc left us some pretty big shoes to fill. If we can do a better job of talking with each other, that would help. So ... you signed up for the bworks_shop mailing list. You must have SOME interest in helping out at ByteWORKS. We need you! The kids need you! Won't you please consider volunteering with us? If not, would you please unsubscribe from the list, so we're not wasting our time and resources attempting to contact you? Thanks, Theresa [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
