[Magdalen] This saying No is tough

[Jo Craddock]

I, of course, have no idea what the paid person's schedule looks like 
in Scott's parish, but it might be similar to the 55-70 hours I've 
put in each week this year and dealing with items like the volunteer 
who fails to get group events scheduled more than two weeks in 
advance, then expects *immediate* full coverage: on website, in 
enewsletter and paper monthly, promos on our display monitors, 
leaflets, etc., then takes two more days to approve said pieces with 
a snarky, "...I didn't get my sphinx," when said event, speaker, nor 
group has anything to do with a sphinx except that the subject is old 
which I *obviously* should have known meant sphinx themed; or, the 
latest round of baby boom retirees from executive positions who 
expect all the un-collared in the office are now at their beck and 
call, and they "just need these notes typed up for tonight's 
meeting", or ask, "What program makes all those nice graphics you 
use? I want some for this report. What do you mean you 'create' them?"

I *hope* I would ask a volunteer, "What can I do to help you with the 
schedule? May I proof it on Thursdays for you?" but, tonight (11:15 
p.m., just finished weekly enewsletter to go out in the morning) I 
can't say for sure.

Love one another.

Peace,
Jo



At 09:47 PM 09/25/2014, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>Scott, I feel your pain in a similar vein as writer but not editor 
>of a community newsletter I put together.
>
>You might consider setting some boundaries so that others begin to 
>take on come categories of the website and/or get on the rector's 
>schedule so that you can step down or modify your responsibilities 
>as webmaster.