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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would make the commitment and do it except that our PTA the past few years has been very unwelcoming and not interested in having members participate so many of us gave up.  Maybe you need to look at what you are doing as a group if no one is interested.  I volunteered a few times this year at PTA things and felt very unwelcome.  Its generally the working parents who are doing it so employment isn't the issue, the group of people running it and what they are doing is the issue along with the principal who is nasty.[/quote]

I hear that a lot and don't believe people anymore when they say this. I've been yelled at by a fellow PTA officer and I still volunteered for the post I was voted into. People expect the teachers and PTA to fawn over them and grovel if they show up to help, but that can't be the case all the time. YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS FOR THE PLAUDITS. YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS FOR YOUR KID ONLY. These are the two things people must understand.

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I agree with this. People also have no idea how much time and energy PTA officers give to the school. It's insane. I cannot speak for any other school, but our PTA isn't unwelcoming-- it's getting shit done and we need help. It's not a social club, it's a second job. If volunteers expect to be celebrated for showing up, then they are not understanding the nature of the PTA or the people who work in it. [/quote]

I expect people to be friendly, say hello if I say hello and say more than two words to me.  And, if I try to help, don't say we have it under control as why ask for volunteers and waste my time if you don't want it.    I am not there for social hour and have no interest in being friends.[/quote]

PP here. Well, but at least with your second point, that's the kind of thing I mean. You signed up to volunteer-- you get there and they unexpectedly have a bunch more volunteers than they need. They say they have it under control...and you get your nose out of joint and claim it is unwelcoming. This is the sort of thing that makes me insane-- there is no sabotage, it's just a group of people trying to move the ball forward. Be happy you have that hour free or go volunteer to do something else.

(But yes, to your first point, people should always be pleasant and say hello.)[/quote]

I was the only person who actually signed up.  They had all the PTA staff and some friends so they didn't actually need anyone so why ask for help, have me rearrange my day to do it as well as my husband's to get the kids from school so I could stay and help when they have no intention of using me.   I would have had that hour free to spend with my kids if I wasn't there and my husband would not have had to rearrange his schedule.  Why ask for help if you aren't going to us it?  Part of the issue was they weren't prepared and didn't have supplies so there wasn't much to do.  I had offered to help get the supplies and was turned down.  They did not have it under control.[/quote]

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