Steve Raeburn wrote:
Let me try another analogy. Let's say you go down to volunteer at a homeless shelter. You serve a few meals and wipe a few tables a couple of times a month. Do you become bound by any responsibility other than to show up and help? Do you become responsible for solving the homeless problem? Should you feel obligated to give someone a bed? Some people may feel they do have such a responsibility. Others won't. It's not my place to criticize a volunteer for not taking on those additional responsibilities. I am just grateful that you've just done a little bit to help out.
That's a good analogy, it took me a while to figure out why it wasn't right for me with my position in mind (you had me doubting myself for a few hours before it hit me!)...
If the volunteer does as you say, then I would agree, there isn't any added/assumed responsibility. One would hope they have their own sense of responsibility and treat the homeless people kindly, but that's about it.
However... if the volunteer does good work and is consequently asked to become a permanent volunteer by an existing group of permanent volunteers, and as a result is given some degree of authority to make decisions that will affect those that come to the shelter, then I think there is definitely a higher level of responsibility to that "community" of homeless, as well of course to the other permanent volunteers. Again, as I've said all along, the degree of extra responsibility I think is debatable.
In your original analogy, the volunteer would be someone like me. In my modified version, they would be a committer. At least in my eyes, there is a difference.
Excellent analogy though, you definitely made me think and evaluate my position, I appreciate that! :)
Steve
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