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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please, it was an analogy - I didn't say this mom was benefitting financially and I didn't attack her. But if I wanted to be on the auction committee or head up the back-to-school carnival, I would sign up to do that. Instead, some other parent signs up to be the "chair" and then calls saying how busy she is with some big school event and how she really, really, really needs help. And so every time I find myself sucked into this as a result. And it suddenly occurred to me that this is an effective way to rope in more people than would otherwise sign up (just like pyramid schemes are an effective way to rope in more money.[/quote]

Well yes.  [b]Part of the job is to make sure that they get volunteers, if there weren't enough sign-ups, and it's normal to do this on a 1:1 basis by reaching out to friends. [/b] I'm not so sure why this is hard for you to understand?  It's not a "pyramid scheme" or an MLM scheme, because the end result is ***fundraising for your child's school ***, not money flowing upwards with no return to you.  [/quote]

This.  This is how big projects get done.  They get someone to head the project, and if there aren't enough people signing up to work on that event, the leader reaches out directly to people to ask them to help.  And people are often more likely to say yes if they are asked personally than if they just get some mass email with a link to a sign-up page.

If you don't want to do it, say no.  It's nice if you can counter with something that you are willing to do: "I can't commit to X committee, but I'm happy to help staff the ticket counter at the carnival."   [/quote]

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