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I just think that more and more people fall into this "i am just a volunteer" mentality because of the present way staff is organized. And this is usually helped by instituting order on a professional level so that instead of being "just a volunteer" you become an "unpaid professional". I've volunteered in a lot of organizations, most of which simply did not accept the answer of "look, i'm just a volunteer". I mean, if my CAP commander called for my availability for SAR sorties, what would I say.. "Gee Major, I dont really feel like flying today, uh, besides im justa volunteer"? It'd be the last thing I said. Or when I was on a volunteer fire fighter. Do you think those guys blew off their responsibility? No way. Or when I taught CPR/First Aid/AED for the Red Cross...what if I just said "nah, im just a volunteer, ill just not show up at that class". Yes, you can fire a volunteer, and the Red Cross doesn't have any problem with doing so. Now you might say "Gee Nathan, thats different, we're just an organization on the internet". And I say that is exactly the attitude you should NOT have. Board of Directors, how many times do you sit down and think "what is grex NOT doing to promote free speech and free access on the internet that we COULD be doing right now?" I mean, looking at the BoD minutes...(this is just my opinion, not trying to be offensive)...the BoD spends WAAY too much time micromanaging Grex. I mean, discussion of the PC weasel? You should be discussing GOALS...planning on how you can better accomplish your mission statement. Forming committees for initiatives. Need an initiative?...here is one: What is Grex doing to help promote a neutral internet? I say you people need to THINK BIG. Not about becoming big in size, but rather big in impact. Grex is supposed to be about much more than just running a BBS.
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