Diary 18th And 19th September 2018
@arthurchappell (44998)
Preston, England
September 19, 2018 4:40pm CST
Diary Tuesday 18th September 2018
Another day of voluntary work handing out leaflets to Freshers students to promote the mental health awareness 1 In 4 Movie festival. There were fewer new students around today so I got to finish earlier. I was then treated to an expenses paid lunch.
With the community centre Annual General Meeting pending I popped in to find out what time it started tomorrow and came home.
Diary Wednesday 19th September 2018
My third day of giving out film festival flyers, and busy again, and afterwards I went to the AGM meeting learning that the centres grants and lottery funding has been drastically reduced plunging the 26 year old centre into a crisis it might not recover from. I do hope they endure.
In the evening I went to the atheist meeting which I found very badly chaired, with members interrupting one another's questions and points and that it was hard to even get points across over the babel. Some commentators went way off topic with the chair making zero effort to draw things to order or make sure everyone could speak freely. I seriously wonder if I'll bother going again.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@Kandae11 Their chair is an elected officer, and he may be stepping down soon. I hope so
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
23 Sep 18
@xander6464 hope you do get rid of Trump soon
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@xander6464 (44390)
• Wapello, Iowa
23 Sep 18
@arthurchappell That is exactly the same thing we are hoping for in the U.S., regarding our President! Small world, huh?
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@LadyDuck the atheist event was very disappointing
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@LadyDuck some members get very rude as they obviously know others are trying to contribute to the discussion too but still hog the attention to themselves
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@LadyDuck (472024)
• Switzerland
20 Sep 18
@arthurchappell I easily imagine it was. When everybody tries to speak and there is not a clear order to follow is disappointing.
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@xander6464 (44390)
• Wapello, Iowa
19 Sep 18
It's too bad about the atheist meeting but at least you got a free lunch this week...Not really because you did do work but the work was voluntary, so was it free or not? These are the kinds of questions that keep me up at night.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@xander6464 I can claim travel costs for voluntary work, and food if working more than three hours - it is for an educational charity so not really a wage but obviously a form of reward for services rendered
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@xander6464 (44390)
• Wapello, Iowa
20 Sep 18
@arthurchappell So is a reward really the same as compensation? Are deductions for expenses incurred during voluntary work really a form of payment? Oh, I know that there are legal definitions that answer all these questions but they aren't really answers, they are just manmade conveniences. Or they might be answers but we don't know that they are the real Truth. At least I don't. So these are more questions to keep me up at night but that's OK because I've been getting too much sleep lately.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Sep 18
@xander6464 I think the expenses and food allowances are essential as volunteers would struggle if put out of pocket and that would mean fewer people would volunteer which could crush charities and non-profit making groups - it is a necessary evil
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@JudyEv totally agree - I have chaired events myself
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@franxav yes that is a common ground they should agree on
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 18
@domiwla yes the time pressure can be quite demanding
