docent?
please explain for the jargon-challenged

Issaquah Historical Society Info wrote:

> Hi, all,
>
> We are in need of new docents (not a unique challenge, I'm sure) and I'm
> soliciting suggestions.
>
> Here's what we do to recruit:
> We regularly ask for docents at our membership meetings and run ads in the
> newspaper. We also did a mailing to retirement communities letting them know
> about our various services and encouraging folks to docent. When we can, we
> participate in community volunteer fairs, etc. We have docent training
> sessions and docent appreciation lunches and teas, to which we encourage
> folks to bring friends or relatives (I don't think anyone has done this
> yet). But we only seem to recruit about 8 new docents a year, which is not
> enough to keep up with our increase in open hours.
>
> What are we doing wrong? What could we be doing that we are not? And - for
> bonus points - how can we keep all our retired docents from taking long
> vacations at the same time???
>
> Looking forward to your wisdom,
> Erica
>
> Erica S. Maniez
> Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> 425/392-3500
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> www.issaquahhistory.org
>
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