>What gets kinda annoying is when you're trying to be a volunteer and then
>just get blown off. While I don't have any specific "museum" skills, I am
>very computer literate, can write, handy with tools and stuff, etc. The
>local museum here has just kept saying call next week (for a month now)
>and today as the final straw, I got disconnected while on hold. For a
>place that needs as much work as they do, I would think they they'd be
>happy to get some help.
>
>Thanks for listening, just blowing off some frustrated steam..........
>
>
>Jim Kajpust - Personal Freedoms - Michigan


I know how frustrating it is to offer your help and not receive any
encouraging, immediate response. Coming from the other side of the fence, I
have learned how much more time and effort it takes to coordinate
volunteers and make sure their talents are effectively used. It takes a lot
of time and organizational skill to put jobs and people schedules together
appropriately. Some people are daunted by the task; some don't want to even
deal with it, even though there always IS a lot of stuff to be done.

If they can't get their stuff together, try another museum, or another
organization. Sometimes they just have to get used to you, to get to know
you and what they can trust you with.  Keep trying!

Tom Dyer

( I thought I already sent this message. My apologies if this is a duplication.)

Exhibits Director
Nevada State Museum & Historical Society
700 Twin Lakes Drive, Las Vegas NV 89107
702-486-5205

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