Sunday, March 25, 2012
Unappreciated? Well, okay then...
I do the newsletter for our local music teachers association. It's a volunteer position that I have held for almost two years and will be done with in June. Thank GOODNESS, because I'm plain sick of it. I email all the membership multiple times during a month telling them when the deadline is for submitting things to me and 90% of the stuff submitted to me is after that deadline. Then, I only get about two things to put in. I've specifically said if you don't submit stuff about your event to me, I won't put it in. Period. Then, after I put out the newsletter, I get reamed by various people for not including their events. Worse, after emailing it to everyone and mailing it to those without email, 90% of people don't actually read it. I get harsh words regarding content, formatting, when I actually put it out, etc., even from the board members who are supposed to be helping me edit it prior to publication. I'm just plain sick of it. I've had it. The deadline for submitting stuff for April was this past Thursday, and I haven't bothered doing anything with it all weekend. Why? Because it makes me angry when I work on it. Angry that I took the position in the first place that everyone says is important but in reality isn't. Angry that no one seems to appreciate the time and effort I put into it to try to make it nice. Angry that people can't get their act together to do things in a timely manner to help me make it good. Angry most of all that no one has bothered to help me with it in two years and no one has responded to any emails, phone calls, or postings I've made regarding finding a replacement. FINE, then. When my time is up, I am taking all my materials over to the president's house and she can deal with it from there. I'm done with it. I'll do the evaluations (because I have help and people actually care there), but that's it. Thanks for nothing, local association, because your lazy incompetence at doing anything regarding the newsletter has contributed to my jaded view of it and you in general.
Labels:
annoyed,
newsletter,
TMTA
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