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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I become involved with something like this, one of the first things I do is to look for who might replace me and get that person involved.  It makes for an easy transition.  Last year I moved on from being the Scoutmaster of a large all-girl Scouts BSA Troop.  It was easy because we were able to announce in January who would become the next Scoutmaster starting July.  Another thing I do is largely absent myself from the organization for about six months after the transition.  Otherwise, the new person does not fully engage – you just need to be supportive behind the scenes and accept that the new leader will do things differently.  I advise that the OP take a look at who might be a successor and get that person engaged now – even if only modestly.  You might even be able to convince that person to take it on and make a good transition at the end of the school year.[/quote]

This seems so… calculated.[/quote]

I think it's actually smart to be calculated about volunteering unless it's a one-off, one-day event. It's treating a volunteer role like a job, which it is, albeit an unpaid one. I had a friend step up to lead our PTO and she would have been taking over for someone who had served for 2 years, which isn't the norm in our area. She asked why the current leader had done 2 years and they said it was because no one else wanted to take over after year 1. She ended up volunteering for something else because it was clear that it would be a thankless task and she would be cornered into doing more than the original ask.

I'm the OP and one of the mistakes I made in volunteering for this troop in the first place is stepping up when a bunch of the little girls begged to be Girl Scouts and all the parents said "we don't have any experience and can't volunteer because we don't know what we're doing." I was too young of a parent to not realize that's a cop-out and their way of saying "we don't want to do it" with a clear conscience, so I stepped up and learned. Now I know how these parents work and it was a valuable lesson.[/quote]

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