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Hey steppers. D, we're going to Scotland from August 1 to 23—Edinburgh for the Fringe for 2 weeks, then about a week @ Findhorn, then back to the drudgery called my regular life. I'm collecting names of performers and shows from Seattle who may be going. Have 3 so far and it's just January & and I'm only getting started.
SPG, the palm tree might be added. They film is supposed to be in the spring but they shot it in the fall. They glued leaves to the apple trees! So anything is possible as its make believe.
Re volunteering. I used to be a volunteer coordinator. Learned more about leadership at that job than all the books, courses, and workshops could teach. How do you lead people who can walk away at any moment? Carefully, like cooking a small fish (from the Tao Teh Ching).
I wrote agreements which the volunteer and I would read over, propose changes, and when all was acceptable, we would both sign it. There were a few people I scorched when we were severely under staffed, and one or two who failed to hold up their side of the deal, but generally it worked out great. An agreement can be drafted by anyone.
So, D., I suggest you outline what exactly what you will do and will not do. And for how long (a year? 6 months?) I'd also condition it on their finding a partner and the pair of you take on the work together and figure out who will do what month to month.
As the vol coord. as much as I could I assigned tasks to at least 2 people. Partly this was because some volunteers want to meet new people and maybe form friendships. Or sometimes a relationship more on the romantic spectrum. Organizationally, it was a backstop because if one needed to cancel their shift there was the possibility that their buddy could fill in for them (and save me the horrendous job of getting someone at the last minute).
About my interesting life—it's all show. Long ago, a couple of my female college friends were discussing me and thinking I had it all together. Then they mused on just where I had this togetherness. They had to laugh: nowhere!
Still applies.
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