Hey! Who wants to serve on this committee?
Hands go up.
Great! We have a committee! See you next semester when we convene.
Months go by.
Staff coordinator to random committee member: "Say, do you guys have a chair? Because I need to know who to coordinate with."
Random committee member starts to wonder the same thing.
Random committee member: "Say, um... So the first deadlines appear to be coming up. Who's the chair of this committee?"
Crashing silence. Another week passes.
RCM: "So... we really need a chair, right?"
Other committee members do the internet equivalent of becoming very interested in their shoes; RCM begins to get a sinking feeling.
One week later: "Okay, fine. If no one else is volunteering, I'll do it."
Committee all of a sudden rediscovers their e-mail to cheer RCM's volunteerism.
...
I'll give you one guess as to who is playing the role of RCM in this little play.
2 comments:
Notorious RCM to the rescue! I'd also be RCM, except I'm on leave this year so I am NOT doing things like that!
I've played both roles (mostly at church, since my job doesn't include service). Neither is fun, at least to those of us with a conscience/overdeveloped sense of responsibility, and alternation between the two is probably necessary to self-preservation (but, sadly, the roles tend not to rotate as much as they could/should). I hope this is, at least, a committee that will get something moderately necessary, substantial, and/or rewarding done.
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