I ran into the "sadly, it all comes down to money" thing at the museum. When I first had my volunteer interview, the coordinator said that one of the perks was that after giving a year's worth of volunteering, CCM volunteers could be rewarded with free entry to any major Chicago-area museum. They're not the cheapest places to get into. Anyway, about a year and a half after I'd been volunteering, I was in fact planning a museum trip of some sort, and I went to ask the coordinator if I could get my free admission. She was like, "Oh, sorry, that's not in the budget anymore."
I did have one small issue as far as structure and stuff, but I was afraid it was too petty to ever bring up. Every fall the museum would hold this big gala that had Chicago's best of the best on the guest list. It was the biggest museum fundraiser of the year. Well, a few weeks before each gala, all the people who agreed for the event would meet with the coordinators to go over the agenda and their assignments. There was one thing that always bothered me: Sarah (
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Wow. That sucks. I'm also surprised that there wasn't some sort of reciprocation on the part of all the museums. There is if you work at one. Generally, if you work at a (largish) museum, you get free admission to most museums everywhere. I'm surprised there was not some sort of thing like that.
And, if you ask me, Sarah made a mistake. People work together much better when they know each other. Part of it is social, but it's also logistical. For example, you might learn that someone else works near where you do, so you can partner and work together. Or you might find a shared interest/ability/area of focus that could be used for the event. Networking is important no matter where you do it.
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I did have one small issue as far as structure and stuff, but I was afraid it was too petty to ever bring up. Every fall the museum would hold this big gala that had Chicago's best of the best on the guest list. It was the biggest museum fundraiser of the year. Well, a few weeks before each gala, all the people who agreed for the event would meet with the coordinators to go over the agenda and their assignments. There was one thing that always bothered me: Sarah ( ( ... )
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And, if you ask me, Sarah made a mistake. People work together much better when they know each other. Part of it is social, but it's also logistical. For example, you might learn that someone else works near where you do, so you can partner and work together. Or you might find a shared interest/ability/area of focus that could be used for the event. Networking is important no matter where you do it.
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