<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Well said Charlie, I concur 100%.<br>Gary KS4JI<br><div><b><em> </em></b></div><div><b><em></em></b><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> charles33813 <KI4CRI@ARRL.NET><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> LakelandARC@yahoogroups.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:01 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [LakelandARC] Re: LP EOC Net<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<div>Facts to be recognized: <br>
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1. We have a great bunch of members in the Lakeland Club. <br>
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2. The club has been quite successful in several endeavors. Field Day 2011, <br>
for example. <br>
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3. In numerous instances our club has dwelled in the 80/20 syndrome that is so common throughout all of mankind's activities. That is, 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people. True in most service clubs, churches, you name it. <br>
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4. Some clubs attain success because more that 20% participate. <br>
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5. More than 20% participate when they are asked individually to perform a function. I do not remember saying ever "no" to Ernie, Patrick, Dan, Fred, or any other individual in the club when asked to perform a specific function. <br>
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6. If you want the club to struggle in a mediocre fashion, ask for volunteers and get the proverbial 20%. If you want the club to excel, assign projects to individuals and let the assigned individuals select the workers. Will careful guidance at least 75% will become participants and no one individual will be overloaded. Again, the last field day was assigned to Fred. Fred lined up his <br>
worker ants, oversaw the project and the field day ran smoothly and <br>
successfully. <br>
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7. Now of the zinger. How many times have you not volunteered for projects when a general request was made? If all the members who yell "Unfair" has volunteered for each and every project there would never be a shortage. Also they would be labeled "trying to run the club", despised, very tired and would soon in time burn out and leave the club. <br>
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8. You will not again see this message nor hear anymore on the subject from me. And if general calls for volunteers continue to be made, I will continue to side with the majority, you know, the 80%. <br>
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Yours for the biggest, best, most enjoyable ham club in West Central Florida, <br>
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Charley, KI4CRI <br>
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