Volunteer System Update #9

When our annual May meeting comes, will we want to have a Sugarloaf Volunteer System? The trial sail changes, changes, changes, changes are giving us a slow and zigzag course forward toward the time when we vote. Hopefully all who are eligible will have tried out the system before that vote.

The change about the Action Box use and the elimination of the Call Later category for the SignUp Genius choices are important changes to note by those who are becoming “Opt-Outs”.

Yes, the Opt-Outs are, now, at the “end of your ropes and tying knots to hang on”. However, you folks can make use of the Action Box when these tough periods in your lives have quieted down enough. So, dear Opt-Outs, the Action Box (see Update #6) is sitting on the Great Room stairs’ bottom landing silently waiting for when you see a need to help out by doing a One-Time Task. It’s worth a try in order to make an informed decision when we vote.

When you feel ready, your card that you put in the Action Box (with instructions inside Box) will alert the System Manager (Helen). When your task is completed, she will call you to learn if you choose to activate your registration in the Go ‘Round list (see Update #5.) If your one completed task is all you can do, you will not activate being registered and not be called again.

Therefore, with the Action Box, you have a means for postponing when you decide to give our Volunteer System a try.

Now during the trial, our people are giving one-time boosts to help those who are committed to doing ongoing churchwork all year (usually with committee work.) Belonging to the Sugarloaf One-Time Task Boosters is gratifying.

Our Volunteer System is how we ALL can, easily, get into the Sugarloaf flow. Gratification and gratitude give a springboard for enjoying a spiritual experience, the sacred circle of receiving and giving. Sugarloaf is a positive energy generator.

Unity of purpose – yes … burnout – No!

Helen Pop and Adam