Women's History Month in Australia - some background

[gillpolack]

Given that the public side of WHM in Australia is officially past and the committee has stood down from public events, it's probably not a bad idea to write about the early history. Most of the public sites contain errors. They have lost either two years or three years of the celebration. It worries me when the event that's celebrating women's

Comments

[eneit]

you know, gently chiding someone for not doing more unpaid volunteer work, after they've already taken time out to meet with the current committee responsible for the event, seems somewhat counter productive...

[gillpolack]

Volunteerism often produces this - the event becomes more important than anything. I totally understand where they're coming from, but I refuse to be there.

[gillpolack]

And they recorded and took notes of what I was saying, so they could have farmed it out.

[ext_1131982]

Do you mind if i share this on to a couple of people?
I am tangentially involved in two time-intensive volunteer efforts at the moment, and I think some of the organisers need to think thoughtful thoughts about the issues you raise.

[gillpolack]

I don't mind at all. It's one of the reasons I talk about things - so that people don't have to make the same idiot mistakes I did.