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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if your PTA is anything like ours, five of the six board members work full- or part-time, as do the majority of the coordinators/committee chairs.  They may also volunteer for other things as well.  The type of people who volunteer to take on these significant volunteer roles tend to be the kind of people who sign up for lots of things because they enjoy being involved/helping out.  We (I'm not a board member, but chair a couple of events) tend to be really busy -- which is our choice, but that doesn't mean we're not really busy.  So when something like the book fair is going on, I sincerely want to meet new volunteers, get to know them, etc.  But if we have a slow shift, it's possible that a work issue will have come up that needs to be addressed, or I really have to talk to Brenda who just stopped by because it will save me seven rounds of email later about some issue with the book fair.  It is 100% not about you, and I'll feel bad that I'm all but ignoring you when you came out to help.

Also, if we have a bunch of people signed up for one shift and other shifts with no one, I will email people and ask if they're able to switch to help with coverage.  I will tend to email the people I know rather than the people I don't know, however, because I'm more comfortable asking my friends for favors than random strangers.  Again, it's not personal, it's just trying to get the job done for the kids.  [/quote]

And you can’t include new moms who are interested in volunteering in your conversations because why?  
Look, the reason there are only a few people running everything at your school is because of this attitude.  If you talked with new moms one on one and tried to be inclusive rather than exclusive when things came up, you would have a lot more volunteers.

I have kids at two different schools.  One has parents like you who only talk to their friends, and the other is full of moms who do not care for all of this crap and really want to work on fostering a community at the school.  No one cares if the person filling the spot is your friend or not.  If it needs filled, then it needs filled.  I can imagine that if OP was at an inclusive school and switched to an exclusive one, she may be wondering what the hell is going on.  
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What value is there is a volunteer listening in while Brenda and In ordinate where to meet the next day to count out cash and how much change I need her to get at the bank?  If the other volunteer really wants to listen in, fine, but it’s not a social conversation because Brenda’s probably on her way for a meeting or to pick up her kids.  Not to mention that Brenda and I aren’t really friends and don’t particularly socialize ourselves.[/quote]

Well, what do you and Brenda need the cash for?  [/quote]

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