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Post by Aussielover on Feb 24, 2009 9:11:45 GMT
Yay! Did a project handover today of a few smaller projects. It's not much - but it's a start. I'll still have to provide guidance, but that's ok. Having someone to assist with the grunt work is valuable.
Thanks, welle. Fingers crossed!
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Post by missalaska on Feb 24, 2009 17:18:53 GMT
Yay a shift towards what you want at least. this is just the first step I signed myself up for a course in Environmental Education in January to help steer my job but I wish the admin would just know the ropes (it is time enough - 3 months and she still forgets really important steps) so I don't have to watch her. To be honest I don't think she's going to be ready to take on the bulk part of fundraising in a year which is what I wanted. She can't join the dots. On the other hand my friend is telling me I should set up as a fundraising consultant part time (I think she may well look to employ me in the future if she gets some big funding her way and can afford to employ a consultant too) - but I don't like doing it. When will I ever find my career? ?
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Post by Aussielover on Feb 24, 2009 22:14:49 GMT
missalaska - I hear you! We've got employees like that. One in particular who has taken two years to know how to do her job without a lot of followup.
It's hard when you work for a charity - especially in fundraising - too often people come to you as charity cases, themselves.
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Post by missalaska on Feb 25, 2009 11:39:06 GMT
Yes you are so right! I seem to have taken on all of the Fundraising because we struggled to hire someone.
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Post by palesa on Feb 25, 2009 12:15:02 GMT
I HATE fundraising!! With a passion! Love getting the money in though, such a nice feeling.
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Post by missalaska on Feb 25, 2009 13:44:21 GMT
No it is not supposed to be my job - never mind my sole responsibility. I chose finance not fundraising and somehow I've ended up with it all
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Post by gringalais on Feb 25, 2009 14:51:55 GMT
When will I ever find my career? ? I so understand that feeling. I am envious of people who have always known what they wanted to do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2009 14:53:53 GMT
However, there's no need to be envious of those of us who have plodded along endlessly at the same job, especially when it wasn't really what we wanted to do.
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Post by gringalais on Feb 25, 2009 14:56:31 GMT
Well, that is my current situation!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2013 18:18:06 GMT
There used to be a lot more drama at Anyport. Now it is a very tranquil place (too tranquil?).
Yes, I am trolling old threads to see what used to happen here.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 6, 2013 18:45:27 GMT
Too true. Also too true that many forums have far too much drama. However, there used to be much more full-fledged conversation here -- stimulating!
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Post by htmb on Dec 6, 2013 19:11:59 GMT
Good conversational exchange and lively discussion is always nice. I have enough real life drama. I don't need on-line drama, too. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2013 20:57:01 GMT
I Wonder where people used to vent when they could not talk to their friends or family.
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Post by htmb on Dec 15, 2013 20:59:24 GMT
My horse was a good listener.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2013 22:28:49 GMT
But was he Mister Ed?
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Post by htmb on Dec 15, 2013 22:49:16 GMT
My animals have always communicated with me. Mostly in adoring ways. Horses aren't very intelligent, but I got along with them just fine. At the age of thirteen I remember feeling very lonely and came to the conclusion, in a moment of severe self-pity, that my horse was my only true friend. It wasn't true, of course, but all these years later I can remember that feeling of being an awkward teenager, trying to make some sense out of life and relationships. So, no, not like Mr. Ed, but better in many ways.
I really miss not having an animal in my house, but I'm also enjoying the freedom, as well as the ability to keep the place a little cleaner...no more cat hair or litter box. I have a four-legged friend coming to visit soon. Yah!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2013 22:55:35 GMT
I confess that I would love to have a cat again, but I do expect to be able to travel as soon as my mother dies (a very harsh thing to say, I know, but an obvious event, sooner or later).
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Post by htmb on Dec 15, 2013 23:06:14 GMT
Once my younger daughter moves back to my part of the world in a few years I hope to get a dog, but for now there's no one who could easily take care of a pet for me when I'm traveling. My older daughter did a great job of taking care of my old cat, but having a dog will certainly require a different kind of responsibility. Since many of my family members are highly allergic to cats I just can't justify getting another.
I do miss being greeted at the door every time I return home.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 15:58:48 GMT
Oh, I miss my cat dearly. Yes, being greeted at the door when I arrived home late at night was so comforting, and she was my best friend for a long time. Now that I'm married to a man who is allergic to cats, and I live in three different houses in two countries, I have to forego animal companionship. On my island home I make do with Bucky the deer, Chippy the chipmunk, Furbert the rabbit, many Douglas squirrels, voles, coyotes, owls, towhees, ravens, eagles, finches, woodpeckers, etc. Having a dog would immediately eradicate most of the above from view.
People who travel a lot have to do without animals, and it's so unfortunate. I suppose, htmb, you could have a chihuahua that fits in your handbag like Paris Hilton, and take it everywhere. And Kerouac could wear a cat like a Daniel Boone hat on his travels.
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Post by mich64 on Dec 16, 2013 20:10:30 GMT
Quite a few of our friends now have dogs. People I thought who would never have dogs because they travel so much.
Soon after they brought their dogs home they began taking them to doggy day care once a week. When they go away on vacation it is easier on everyone. I have read that dogs do not have a sense of time and as long as they are in a routine they are not as stressed. If I ever got another dog, I would add doggy daycare into my budget.
It has been a very good experience for them all and they do not feel guilty about going on vacation, they know their dogs are quite happy when they are dropped off as usual.
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Post by htmb on Dec 16, 2013 21:51:00 GMT
I can see how that would be a great idea, Mich. My loaner dog is very used to me and my house so, for her, it's just like doggy daycare. My doggy hasn't been here since last summer so when she finds out there is no longer a "mean, vicious" cat living in my home the dog will go crazy with delight. Even though there was about a fifty pound difference, the cat so intimidated the dog they couldn't be in the same room.
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Post by mich64 on Dec 17, 2013 2:08:38 GMT
That is going to be an exciting day htmb!
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