1 | Oct 23, 2009 12:44 AM | I can't come out and depend on everyone else to keep the events running smoothly - that's terribly selfish! The fact that BAOC seems to me to have its events very well organized makes it easy to volunteer.
Another way to look at it is that orienteering gives me a chance to do something I can't do anywhere else - go off trail, get exercise, even train for events as my busy schedule allows, and it gets me out into the wilderness regularly. I have to imagine that most of the other orienteers feel similarly, and I'm happy to help other people, especially new orienteers, have that unique and invaluable time in the woods. |
2 | Oct 23, 2009 8:00 PM | family commitments discourage me due to lack of childcare
Low travel time and cooler weather are important. |
3 | Oct 23, 2009 8:21 PM | fell of right thing to do |
4 | Oct 23, 2009 8:23 PM | Limited time, family that don't share interest |
5 | Oct 23, 2009 8:24 PM | We always need volunteers and I'm happy to help if my schedule allows. When I am the event director so many people help out so I want to help other people when they are putting on their events. |
6 | Oct 23, 2009 8:52 PM | Continuing the mission of the club. Time. |
7 | Oct 23, 2009 10:10 PM | Someone's got to do it. |
8 | Oct 23, 2009 10:10 PM | I like O events, and if we don't have volunteers, we don't have events. |
9 | Oct 23, 2009 10:23 PM | appreciation. |
10 | Oct 23, 2009 10:29 PM | Motivation: Everyone has to do it, or we would have no club
Prevents me: Too time consuming |
11 | Oct 23, 2009 11:27 PM | The Club and its people are great, so I am happy to help. The lack of time prevents me from helping more. |
12 | Oct 24, 2009 1:34 AM | (1) helping a good (healthy) cause
(2) personal exercisein outdoor environment
(3) comradarie
(4) learning experiences |
13 | Oct 24, 2009 1:34 AM | Motivates: Keep the club going
Prevents: Family obligtions |
14 | Oct 24, 2009 1:58 AM | Sense of community |
15 | Oct 24, 2009 2:03 AM | I live so far away, it is usually 3 1/2 hrs. minimum drive. It is too full a day with 7 hours of driving to get there early or stay late, sorry. |
16 | Oct 24, 2009 4:35 AM | Enjoy the sport, want the club to succeed |
17 | Oct 24, 2009 7:23 AM | Time commitments with family |
18 | Oct 24, 2009 1:46 PM | Benefit to Junior program |
19 | Oct 24, 2009 3:12 PM | Free time either way |
20 | Oct 24, 2009 4:34 PM | duty motivates me |
21 | Oct 25, 2009 6:18 AM | motivation: fun, sense of duty
prevention: too tired after event to pick up controls, and large time investment for ED & CS |
22 | Oct 25, 2009 1:50 PM | guilt (or desire to contribute) motivates; busy life and schedule and need to get back home prevents. |
23 | Oct 26, 2009 1:57 AM | Just beginning and don't know people in the group yet. |
24 | Oct 26, 2009 10:41 PM | I like to do my part for the benefit of the club. Anytime I volunteer my time and plan my day around volunteering and it is not needed, keeps me from volunteering more regularly. |
25 | Oct 28, 2009 1:02 AM | motivates: help the sport I love
prevents: time, often cuts in your own orienteering time (while control pickup actually extends it): i need 3 hours to reliably finish my course (including walking to remote start, recover after finish). |
26 | Oct 28, 2009 2:04 AM | Want to help the club and the sport. |
27 | Oct 28, 2009 4:22 AM | Don't understand English well |
28 | Nov 2, 2009 1:34 AM | motivates - feeling of community, belonging, obligation
prevents - time, family, schedule conflicts |
29 | Nov 2, 2009 8:07 PM | contribution to the community |
30 | Nov 2, 2009 8:20 PM | Weekend time is increasingly precious |
31 | Nov 2, 2009 10:09 PM | family time prevents me |
32 | Nov 9, 2009 5:32 PM | Motivated by guilt(sort of joking , mostly because I enjoy orienteering so much I know I need to so my share so so we can have frequent events. I would like to do mnore but soemtimes it can be hard to find the time on a Sunday to do a course and stay around afterwords to help as a lot of social and work conflicts. |
33 | Nov 11, 2009 5:49 AM | Motivation: Wanting to do my part to make O thrive.
Prevents: Other obligations, young kids |
34 | Nov 11, 2009 5:57 AM | Peer pressure, desire to help, and desire try new things out |
35 | Nov 11, 2009 6:16 AM | Giving back to the club motivates me to volunteer |
36 | Nov 11, 2009 7:26 AM | Motivation: wanting to do my share. |
37 | Nov 11, 2009 4:37 PM | Motivate: Help organizing events I am happy to participate myself, fun to set courses
Prohibit: Time constraints |
38 | Nov 11, 2009 10:31 PM | Helping the cause of BAOC and orienteering in general. |
39 | Nov 12, 2009 2:32 AM | Social aspects, but more importantly, it doesn't happn without volunteers. |
40 | Nov 12, 2009 5:01 AM | sense of duty |
41 | Nov 12, 2009 4:28 PM | It is the duty of all members in a volunteer organization. |
42 | Nov 13, 2009 6:09 PM | Like to socialize and contribute. If I don't do it then why should I expect others, and I need others to volunteer if there're to be any events. |
43 | Nov 13, 2009 6:30 PM | The only way we can have quality events is if we all pitch in and get the job done. I don't feel I could belong to the club if I did not contribute. |
44 | Nov 13, 2009 7:21 PM | Being asked at an event, if I have time |
45 | Nov 14, 2009 3:02 AM | We live too far away (5 to 6 hour round trip) to be able to voluntee,r plus we have to shadow our kids. |
46 | Nov 16, 2009 12:18 AM | It's usually time pressure which prevents me from volunteering more. I do volunteer because some jobs are a lot of fun, I get to meet more people in a comfortable setting, and I believe that running the club has to be a shared responsibility. |
47 | Nov 16, 2009 12:22 AM | I don't want to socialize much. |
48 | Nov 16, 2009 1:07 AM | fun to do, giving back to the rest of the volunteers |
49 | Nov 16, 2009 1:46 AM | I understand the club can only put on as many events as it does if we all contribute. I like the volume and variety of events, so I try to do my share. |
50 | Nov 16, 2009 6:15 AM | It is usually a 7 hr. drive (round trip) for me to get to the Bay area, so arriving early or staying late is not very workable. Whenever I have volunteered for starts, the times don't work out, I end up having to cut my course short (which messes up the reason for being there). |
51 | Nov 16, 2009 9:44 PM | If none of us volunteered, what would happen? I'm really enthusiastic about the activity, so I want to help make it happen in any way. I usually tell meet directors to plug me in where needed. |
52 | Nov 17, 2009 12:11 AM | motivates: someone asks personally for help
prevents: lack of knowledge on how to do more advance support and lack of time |
53 | Nov 17, 2009 1:53 AM | I usually orienteer with my son. I want to talk with |
54 | Nov 17, 2009 5:28 AM | Interact with people, get more out of a Sunday afternoon in terms of exercise (pick-up). |
55 | Nov 17, 2009 4:41 PM | I am motivated to volunteer but I don't have the time now. In a few years I hope to be doing a lot more |
56 | Nov 18, 2009 3:32 AM | Having 3 kids in school fills up my weekends pretty well, so I rarely get to do anything that is just for me. On the upside I do get to take my kids orienteering occasionally. |
57 | Nov 24, 2009 3:52 AM | Burnout and lack of physical ability. |
58 | Nov 24, 2009 7:04 AM | Motivates: socializing, helping the sport function.
Prevents: time! |
59 | Nov 24, 2009 9:58 PM | Motivates: Putting on a good event. Other's enjoyment of the event. Helping other volunteers.
Prevents: Personal time limitations. Seemingly unnecessary, or over staffed jobs (rarely an issue). |
60 | Nov 24, 2009 11:39 PM | Motivates: desire to help out/give back
Not: so far away - don't want to spend whole day away from my family... |
61 | Nov 25, 2009 2:15 AM | Not that much into orienteering |
62 | Nov 26, 2009 7:19 AM | In the past I have always had a group of students to monitor.
Now, probably because I'd rather participate. |
63 | Nov 27, 2009 9:18 PM | I think volunteering would be a neat way to get to know people, but I don't have my own transportation to get there early enough. Also, I've only been to two events and I'd like to get a better idea of what's going on before I volunteer. |
64 | Dec 1, 2009 4:33 PM | Young children at home |
65 | Dec 2, 2009 5:05 AM | bon tempe volunteer course! Being part of the club. |
66 | Dec 5, 2009 10:57 PM | Motivates: having directed an event before, knowing how hard it is to get reliable volunteers, and knowing how much I'm appreciated for ANY small effort I contribute.
Prevents: time constraints |
67 | Dec 6, 2009 4:31 AM | I generally try to help out in some way (usually control pick-up) because I appreciate all the hard work that goes into these events. |
68 | Dec 7, 2009 5:47 PM | Social aspects, additional experience |
69 | Dec 7, 2009 6:39 PM | Since I travel from Sac, I like to leave the Bay as early as possible to beat traffic home. |
70 | Dec 8, 2009 3:33 AM | Belonging, doing my share.
Sometimes need to get home for other commitments. |
71 | Dec 8, 2009 4:59 AM | It motivates me to know the needs at the event. Ask or put up a sign up sheet with listed jobs. |
72 | Dec 9, 2009 11:46 PM | Motivation: Give back to the club, provide a good event for peers - Preventing: Time commitment, risk for burnout |
73 | Dec 10, 2009 5:54 AM | Sense of duty motivates me, time prevents me. |
74 | Dec 10, 2009 6:24 AM | Time and ability |
75 | Dec 10, 2009 3:13 PM | Non-monetary compensation, such as free event entry, quite motivates me. |
76 | Dec 10, 2009 3:22 PM | Rest/recovery (injury) days. Lack of money to actually participate PCTR gives a coupon that can be used toward another event or merchandise). Sometimes I go early to an event, help set up and then run in the event, or stay after running one to help out. Just because. |
77 | Dec 11, 2009 4:43 AM | Sharing the effort to set up/clear up. |
78 | Dec 11, 2009 10:22 PM | Everybody needs to pitch in, but I volunteer less than before due to family conflicts |
79 | Dec 12, 2009 7:01 PM | like i said above... i'm not old enough! |
80 | Dec 12, 2009 9:50 PM | I learn more about the sport. |
81 | Dec 13, 2009 5:34 AM | Volunteering is fun. Being busy, having carpool/travel constraints, and wanting to have plenty of time to prepare, run, and socialize keep me from doing it more. |
82 | Dec 13, 2009 7:46 AM | Motivation: Tasks need to be done in order for there to be events.
Prevention: Assuming somebody else will do the tasks I don't enjoy (i.e., so I don't need to do them). |