fidgiegirl
9-7-11, 5:30pm
I was asked to help start a young philanthropy group for an organization I'm involved in, where alumni of the group would get together and eventually it might turn into a giving thing. We have been at it for a year . . . maybe more? No bites from hardly anyone. No one attended our happy hour events (two of them). Our planning group has dwindled to 4, one is paid, 1 kind of comes once in a while. Two of us are regular but sometimes we butt heads the teeniest, weeniest bit. It's not something I'm enjoying too terribly much.
I'm feeling obligated to attend an event I have no interest in. The other planner has gone ahead and booked the date. It is picking grapes and he feeds us and gives us wine. It benefits a private person/business rather than an organization/charitable group. Gosh darn it, the dude needs to pay people to help him pick his grapes, and I don't drink wine. So there.
With only 4 of us involved, though, I feel incredibly unsupportive to just not show up, and I'm a terrible liar. I am free that day - I just don't want to do it. And frankly, I think it's too little time to advertise and get anyone else there, so it would just be us. But it's kind of just steamrolling ahead. If at least I had had my chance to say my piece, but the group still moved ahead with the plan, ok, I could buck up and go. But I'm crossing my arms and stomping my feet and thinking "you can't make me."
I am ready to resign from this group, but not quiiiiiiiite. There are some good opportunities on the horizon to draw some people in, and it would be fun with a few more people.
Ack!
I'm feeling obligated to attend an event I have no interest in. The other planner has gone ahead and booked the date. It is picking grapes and he feeds us and gives us wine. It benefits a private person/business rather than an organization/charitable group. Gosh darn it, the dude needs to pay people to help him pick his grapes, and I don't drink wine. So there.
With only 4 of us involved, though, I feel incredibly unsupportive to just not show up, and I'm a terrible liar. I am free that day - I just don't want to do it. And frankly, I think it's too little time to advertise and get anyone else there, so it would just be us. But it's kind of just steamrolling ahead. If at least I had had my chance to say my piece, but the group still moved ahead with the plan, ok, I could buck up and go. But I'm crossing my arms and stomping my feet and thinking "you can't make me."
I am ready to resign from this group, but not quiiiiiiiite. There are some good opportunities on the horizon to draw some people in, and it would be fun with a few more people.
Ack!