Re: MUG energy
Re: MUG energy
- Subject: Re: MUG energy
- From: Barbara Passman <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 22:17:56 -0800
You are not wrong, Yan, there is a difference between employees and
volunteers. A primary one is that there is no fear of being fired :).
(Although a volunteer who puts the group at risk will be asked to
step down or stop). In a MUG, the "pay" is friendship, sense of
accomplishment and probably, the enhancement of the volunteer's
computer savvy.
I have seen, from many years direct experience that there are many
many "volunteer" groups which work with as much ethos and commitment
as paid employees.
Think about the volunteers in your church, synagogue or religious
organization. I am active, in another example. in a national
organization of several hundred thousand member families which is run
almost entirely by committed volunteers. Many people work "like dogs"
as volunteers, as hard or as they work at their paid jobs accepting
the same sense of accountability to group structure and as they do
at their paid jobs.
There are psychological theories to explain why people "work for
nothing" for recreational or avocational groups or charitable
organizations. Sense of accomplishment, Self Image, Belonging
,Efficacy Drive (we have an innate drive, push to succeed, to
accomplish ,to be effective). etc.
This is , indeed, a fascinating topic.
Barbara Passman
At 9:08 PM +0800 1/2/03, Yan Feng wrote:
While that sounds like a good/cool idea, the reality is, MUGs are _volunteer
groups_. If a board runs without having its folks paid in particular, it's
not going to be as zippy as in the corporate world.
I'm truly sorry about breaking this news to you.
Yan Feng
Barbara Passman (email@hidden) wrote on 02 01 2003 08:13
(Beijing time)
P.S.
I have written the former board member that if he is subscribing to
this list, he HAS to be on our board and better get back to attending
our board meetings !!!
How is that for corraling a good volunteer?
Barbara Passman
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