bluegirl72 wrote:
In case some of you missed it, the Club are going to send a Certificate Of Appreciation to every volunteer. The phone call could have been handled better for sure. I agree with grro as to what a good reward for service would be.
Reading through the posts though, I don't think I would lose my emotional connection to the club, as that connection lives underneath the personnel that move through the offices.
Good luck, and all strength for the coming months Freddy47.
I get a certificate of appreciation for being a member and not doing much else each year.
21 years
full time service pro bono to a football club is nothing short of extraordinary. Every year at work, I look at my volunteer leave and try to find windows of opportunity to use it at the club. Every year I find myself wanting, as the time just isn't there.
How you fit those 21 years in, is something that deserves to be appreciated, admired and put on a pedastal for those like us who should do more for the club, but for whatever reason don't.
Instead, without any disrespect intended to Freddy here. I fully expect a badly laser printed certificate that involves a misspelt surname congratulating him on his one year of junior membership, with an offer of 5% off at the Carlton Shop.
And whilst it is what it is, a slap in the face to someone who clearly deserves more. To me, I see it as an opportunity to find better ways to spend that volunteer leave when I get an opportunity.
I'm good but not that good. Not full time by any means at any time. The last 10 years or so have just been match day duties. Before that, over various earlier years I developed a stats database/system, a recruiting/draft database/system and a best & fairest voting database/system in my spare time. None of these systems are being used anymore. I have a very good career as a Senior IT Consultant at a company called DWS
.
As far as Synbad's comment. I know of one other that hasn't been around quite as long as me but has spent a lot more time at the club carrying out his duties that is in the same boat.
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