Hi, I was hoping that I could get some input on how various CGs handle the volunteer requirement for your gardeners. Do you have them? What's worked, what hasn't If you have them how or do you enforce them?
We had a nasty spat of near pitchfork and burning torches from our gardeners this fall when plot holders were reminded of their signed lease agreement to put in 10 hours of volunteering over the season and attend two workdays. The result was our plot coordinator resigning and most of the board members questioning their future involvement. During the previous few years there were no requirements for gardeners to help with non-plot maintenance areas and not surprisingly, none volunteered. The board wound up doing all the maintenance. This past year we added a 10hr + 2 workday attendance to the lease. How do others balance the need to maintain the community areas without alienating gardeners or making the requirements too onerous? Our board is 100% volunteer and quickly approaching burnout. thanks, Tim Moscow Community Garden, Chair https://www.facebook.com/groups/118730271542797/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20131015/4b6f5d4e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
