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Post by Value Buy on Oct 17, 2021 13:05:24 GMT -5
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 17, 2021 13:07:58 GMT -5
A world beyond the pale........ Volunteers......... let go because they are white........and maybe women of financial means.
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Post by sesfw on Oct 17, 2021 14:30:45 GMT -5
Hmmmmm ............ if this has been in the works for 12 years that is plenty of time to diversify the docent volunteers.
Someone had a bee in their bonnet and wanted to make an impression.
Unfortunately they made the wrong impression.
So the museum will be without docents for the next year and half while their 'diversified' group gets the training needed.
Gonna be interesting
PS .... DH is a Master Docent for our city's Art Museum so I know what training and updates they go through.
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Post by mollyc on Oct 17, 2021 14:38:58 GMT -5
I'm having a difficult time caring. Especially since other sites have been beating this story to death since it first came out last month.
It always hurts to be unexpectedly removed from a position you worked hard for and felt you did well at whether the position is paid or unpaid. It likely wasn't the most efficient way to grow diversity within the volunteer ranks. However, in my experience, cohesive groups are often difficult to break into and can be unwelcoming to outsiders. I don't have access to enough of the details to know if this was a capricious decision or logical based on the volunteers' own actions.
Unlike women in less populated areas and those without financial means, these women should be able to find other ways to fill their time.
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Post by happyhoix on Oct 17, 2021 19:45:04 GMT -5
Yeah not too worried that the rich white ladies are going to have a hard time finding something else to do.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 17, 2021 19:53:35 GMT -5
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Post by Opti on Oct 17, 2021 19:59:25 GMT -5
Yeah not too worried that the rich white ladies are going to have a hard time finding something else to do. They will be fine. It however sounds like they have unrealistic expectations for volunteers especially ones of less means.
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Post by cronewitch on Oct 18, 2021 2:28:27 GMT -5
They will over a worse experience getting rid of the trained volunteers. Seems they may have been a group that didn't welcome newbies so maybe they needed to go. Maybe after the replacements are trained they can allow some back.
Breaking into an existing group is hard when they have been together for years and you don't exactly fit. Senior centers here are like that, everyone knows each other and not really wanting new people. Mom tried and wasn't used to the same rules for Pinochle and mad mistakes anyone and they were harsh with her so she didn't go back. I went to mine and looked and nobody except the clerk spoke to me.
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