On and Off I have been wondering on the Volunteer count ratio against Active Volunteer number. Now that I am working towards Volunteer Retention aswell....I think this mail is part of the project too.
How are you a Volunteer of MAD?? Does accepting to be a member of this group make you a Volunteer and its as simple as that?? If your reply is a yes...please mail me ur id and I will make sure I talk to Prasanthi on deleting your id. As blunt as it sounds....I donot think many of us here really are members in true sense. This group doesnot expect its members to respond to every mail, respond to our calls all the time, send in your donation whenever we ask (though I would personally love that). But....not bothering to read mails....ignoring them totally...or maintaining silence all the time would not help it either. We need feedback...some kind of a sign that you want to be as much a part of this group as we do. What makes you a Volunteer? What have you actually Volunteered for?? What made you join this group??? If its a request from a friend...that you couldnot say no to...or if its a decision you think was spontaneous and you regret it now...or could never find time for again from joining till now...please...again...mail me ur ids. The term Volunteer itself communicates...that you out of ur will have agreed to render certain services. Where in the world are those services when it comes to more than half of members in this group??? Like I said...we donot expect more of you..but...not expecting anything doesnt' make sense to me. It is this expectation of help and assurance from eachother that brought us all together....and it is this mutual help n efforts from us all that will keep the group going towards saving lives. We will understand if you have not been able to be an active member of this group though ur intentions were very right when u joined and still remain equal. Same goes with people who are not able to respond becos of time constraints. But..this is the time. I need to know ur thoughts. If you wish to continue a member....and hope to become an active member in future when things might ease out a little for you...I would be more than happy to keep you under our Volunteer Reserve list. If you think you cannot really participate in all this....please communicate the same. We will be more than happy to relieve you of this responsibility. If you are a person who hesitates writing to the group...but prefers being a part of our Group..and does go thru all our group mails and happenings....then....You & I NEED TO TALK...becos ur silence isnt' helping sir :) The best part is you can talk one on one with me...and I will figure out the solution :D hehe. If you are one of those who thinks our direction is wrong...the way we work is not right...or donot agree with anything this group concerns....mail rightway. We are here to listen to you and correct ourselves if you are right and we are not. Please enlighten us. We never said we cannot play Arjuna n let you be Lord Krishna. We are always ready for an episode of Geetha :) but you have to SPEAK. Any thought, any suggestion, any thought just anytime...MAIL US...we are here to go through each and every mail and reply. If this mail reaches one of those who puts this groups' mails into Junk...Godforbid...their angels hope I dont get hold of their details in group profiles here. For if I do...then there are not many pretty options left. (Its BARBECUE time...n the suns' shining bright in this part of the country) I EXPECT MAILS either to the group id..or to my personal id at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or my yahoo id available in this group. RESPOND NOW PLEASE. I would also love to hear from people who mail us once a while or who catch up with our donation calls as and when they can. It is always nice to hearback from you....and that will also keep us reassured that we are not wrong about you n your support :) -Divya *********************************************************************
