In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Jim of oz)
writes:
> Just to update you on my museum problem. I've kept at it, calls at least
> once a week sometimes more trying to get in touch with the staff at the
> museum to help out. The person who I was told handles that finally came
> off vacation about three weeks ago. Yesterday after trying to contact him
> three times, leaving messages with others at museum etc. (after I was told
> he was there), was the last straw.
>
> Someone on this list told me that perhaps they just wanted to weed out
> those who weren't dedicated - if so, they managed quite nicely. Two months
> of effort and wasted time is all the dedication they'll get from me.
>
> I'll probably help out at the local library instead.
>
>
> Jim Kajpust - Personal Freedoms - Michigan

May I suggest you write to this museum and tell them that they lost a
volunteer, and why?  It may be that this museum doesn't particularly want
volunteers, or it may be that the person in the job is a bungler.  Write to the
director of the museum, just to let him/her know what the volunteer office
staff is doing to the museum's PR program.  Then, by all means, volunteer at
the library.  Always go where you're appreciated.

Robin Panza                               [log in to unmask]
(supervisor of our department's volunteers and grateful for their work)
Section of Birds, Carnegie Museum of Natural History