RE: Burnout

["David Lass" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>]

Erik -- I can understand your burnout -- just hope we can work things out to
ease the pain.
Towards that end I have come across a thing called "Intranets.com" We are
using it for my house down here in St. Thomas. It allows any number of
people with different authorization levels to follow a single thread of a
posted topic. Please take a look at it
www.intranets.com
I think this would be muich easier than long emails that get lost in the
shuffle and all.
Take care,
david

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-aga-sc@thekrib.com [mailto:owner-aga-sc@thekrib.com]On
Behalf Of Erik Olson
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 1:34 PM
To: aga-sc@thekrib.com
Subject: Burnout


Hi folks,

Just thought I'd drop a line real quick.  In Mary's reminder note, I
remembered I've had a few things to say that I've been too busy to write
down (and still am too busy, really).

I am now almost halfway through my "term" as steering committee chair
(treating it as a two year position, I started in early May). Over the
past year I have shared the utter frustration voiced by Karen and Bob
before me trying to communicate with this group, trying to accomplish
goals for the association, and trying to enocourage participation by the
other members of this & the management committee.  I think I have now
passed beyond this, into a state of apathy and burnout.

An example of this: I have tried two or three times to re-engage
communication with Bob-Mary's-husband about getting the incorporation
going, and it's going nowhere.  I don't care anymore.  Nobody else seems
to either, so I don't really have any motivation for this.

Another one: In the recent decision to appease Mary, Neil cited as his
reasoning, that this is a volunteer organization and one has to appease
volunteers or they'll leave.  This really burned me up, because it works
both ways.  We are all volunteers here too.  And I felt like I've made a
ton of contributions in the last two years.  I *was* going to make a ton
more. But you know, if it seems like it's worth more to keep our
pain-in-the-ass editor for a few more months, than to keep others like me
happy longer-term, so be it.

I think that as an organization, the AGA needs new blood in this tired
committee.  The committee needs to communicate, and support the club.
The club is stagnating. The only area with any life is Charlene's
convention planning, and she's not getting any help from us. In the last
year, I have been experienced myself turning from new blood into a whiny
old guard person, just like everyone else.  I will be leaving May 1st,
2002.  In the mean time, I will fulfil my duties in the half-assed way
I've been doing it recently, but not much more unfortunately.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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