I've been involved in many organisations in my lifetime. By being involved you get to meet a lot of different types of people that all have different opinions and think differently about the organisation's aims. Usually it's the issue on how to get more people involved since a lot of people have a tendency to be lazy and therefore won't be willing to give their time or even money for that matter. This is usually an issue that can be solved easily, you do different types of events to be able to attract a wide range of people and therefore be able to expand.
However, lately I've heard committees having the issue of not finding the "right kind of people". For me, that is the strangest excuse I've even heard since I've never understood how they can decide who the right kind of person is. This issue was something I heard yesterday from a committee for a charity organisation that are aiming to get young professionals to get involved. Personally I've been involved with this charity for over 3 years and I am more than happy to help out but when I suggested how to involve people that actually care about the organisation I got told that I'm not the kind of people they are aiming for because I am still a student. I can't deny that I'm a student but I had some issues with this comment. A) I am only still a student because I've chosen to do a post-grad. B) I am only a year younger than some people in the committee. C) I have more love for this organisation than the people in the committee put together. D) I have a lot of knowledge about the organisation that I could contribute with.
But apparently I do not belong to the right people because I am not made of money. This became something that bothered me because they are not the only ones that believe this. Sometimes people seem so obsessed with money that they tend to forget that sometimes it is more important to get people that are willing to help than to get the richest person involved because the more people that are happy to talk about the organisation the more people they will get to donate money.
It also bugged me since I felt that the people that sat there claiming to represent the organisation didn't represent what the organisation stand for at all. It was simply a way for them to have some social events but make it look good because it is for a charity. I, who personally is a part of the so-called family of this organisation, felt excluded from the group. I was not welcomed because I was too young (apparently) and I couldn't understand how it is to be a grown-up even though I've paid my rent, food and other expenses for four years now.
These people tend to think they belong to a certain group when the issue is, they don't. When I asked what group they aimed for they said age 25-45. This shocked me since a person who is 45 is closer to retiring than graduation and therefore shouldn't be classified as "young professional" anymore.
It surprises me when you hear a person who is 30 years old say that they want the right kind of people since they wouldn't want some people that have shown up in the past to be in the pictures because they don't look right. The saddest thing is that I don't think that these people have looked themselves in the mirror lately because then they would probably realise that they are not young anymore and trying to exclude people that are just so they will feel that they are younger won't take away the receding hairline or the grey hairs.
You would think we would grow up and stop being judgmental because of the way someone looks and how much money someone makes but clearly it just gets worse. Maybe I am in fact too mature for these events and therefore won't fit in. But then again, caring about the organisation they are raising money for and being involved with it for over 3 years apparently isn't enough for me to be the right kind of person but if that isn't enough, what is?
However, lately I've heard committees having the issue of not finding the "right kind of people". For me, that is the strangest excuse I've even heard since I've never understood how they can decide who the right kind of person is. This issue was something I heard yesterday from a committee for a charity organisation that are aiming to get young professionals to get involved. Personally I've been involved with this charity for over 3 years and I am more than happy to help out but when I suggested how to involve people that actually care about the organisation I got told that I'm not the kind of people they are aiming for because I am still a student. I can't deny that I'm a student but I had some issues with this comment. A) I am only still a student because I've chosen to do a post-grad. B) I am only a year younger than some people in the committee. C) I have more love for this organisation than the people in the committee put together. D) I have a lot of knowledge about the organisation that I could contribute with.
But apparently I do not belong to the right people because I am not made of money. This became something that bothered me because they are not the only ones that believe this. Sometimes people seem so obsessed with money that they tend to forget that sometimes it is more important to get people that are willing to help than to get the richest person involved because the more people that are happy to talk about the organisation the more people they will get to donate money.
It also bugged me since I felt that the people that sat there claiming to represent the organisation didn't represent what the organisation stand for at all. It was simply a way for them to have some social events but make it look good because it is for a charity. I, who personally is a part of the so-called family of this organisation, felt excluded from the group. I was not welcomed because I was too young (apparently) and I couldn't understand how it is to be a grown-up even though I've paid my rent, food and other expenses for four years now.
These people tend to think they belong to a certain group when the issue is, they don't. When I asked what group they aimed for they said age 25-45. This shocked me since a person who is 45 is closer to retiring than graduation and therefore shouldn't be classified as "young professional" anymore.
It surprises me when you hear a person who is 30 years old say that they want the right kind of people since they wouldn't want some people that have shown up in the past to be in the pictures because they don't look right. The saddest thing is that I don't think that these people have looked themselves in the mirror lately because then they would probably realise that they are not young anymore and trying to exclude people that are just so they will feel that they are younger won't take away the receding hairline or the grey hairs.
You would think we would grow up and stop being judgmental because of the way someone looks and how much money someone makes but clearly it just gets worse. Maybe I am in fact too mature for these events and therefore won't fit in. But then again, caring about the organisation they are raising money for and being involved with it for over 3 years apparently isn't enough for me to be the right kind of person but if that isn't enough, what is?
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