On Thursday 18 May 2006 20:37, Shawn wrote: > The one overall theme through all these methods is time. It takes time to > do anything. Volunteer what time you have.
... and small consistent input is often more effective over the long haul than a short major effort is. an afternoon a month or an hour a week over the course of a year is not only easier to manage for the volunteer, it's something that will have a much bigger impact than spending one weekend a year doing a single thing and then not doing anything else. some people will certainly do more than this, but even "small" contributions add up over time. this also leads to stability which leads to growth and increased robustness. > As for whether CLUG has the Fertile Soil for encouraging people... I think > the question is a little skewed. That's saying "What has the group done > for me to make me want to help?". I think that's the wrong approach. We to be fair, though, this is exactly how our society encourages us to be: quiet participants that wait to be called upon with the stimulus being a promise of personal reward before response is to be had. for many of us that's been a life-long conditioning. so while it may be "a little skewed" i think it's also the common mode of thought. discussions such as these and involvement in groups such as CLUG can be a good way to help break those patterns though =) -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 Full time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech (http://www.trolltech.com)
pgp6KyrLCFdkX.pgp
Description: PGP signature
_______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
