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- RACESBUL.262 DATE: Feb. 22, 1993
- SUBJECT: MGT - Volunteers - Part 2/2
- (This discussion is on volunteers in government service.)
- Do you have to pay such volunteers? Let's look at any
- volunteer search and rescue group. Everyone in it joined to serve
- well and often. At any hour of the day or night. They WANT to be
- called out. The more often the better. It's the same with the
- communications volunteers we work with.
- Is it easy to recruit such people? Yes it is, but it takes
- effort as 19 out of every 20 potential volunteer applicants turn
- it down because this level of commitment is simply not their cup
- of tea.
- Some messages said that "all volunteers aren't available
- when we need them." That's probably true for the majority of all
- casual volunteers. Not so for the committed volunteers with whom
- same.gency works. We can only hope that you recruit and employ the
- Most of our volunteers over the years have jobs they can get
- away from. Some devise creative reasons to respond. Others take
- time off on vacation or without pay. The bottom line is that
- everyone will respond and serves because they WANT to. That's
- called dedication and commitment. So is that required? No question!
- Some governments encourage their employees to serve their
- civil defense in emergencies without being penalized in pay or
- vacation time. This is good planning.
- (Concluded in Part 3 of 3)
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