Re: Sharon: MAGIC and RSS Adults - the future

[Guest guest]

Sharon - Yes, that is Jonas. I know that the year prior, the RSS

adult women (about 7 of them) had a blast at the dinner -- so I

think that last year was a hiccup. But the reason I encourage

someone to talk to Jonas isn't to get a warm and fuzzy, but to find

out what steps might be taken to establish an RSS Adult group.

Jonas is the one that started the GHD adult group. He is the one

that put together all the affected adult stuff at prior conventions,

and in the last 2 years, we just asked if we could " tag along. "

Right now, we have less than 10 adult RSS members out of roughly

300+ members in the RSS/SGA division..... And if I recall correctly,

6 of those members became members only to attend the convention. So

we had 4 adult members prior.

Clearly, it is an area we can grow. We just need someone to take

ownership to grow it. It doesn't have to take a lot of time. My

volunteer job with MAGIC right now is for the entire RSS/SGA

division, and I spend about 5-8 hours a week, depending on the month

and what deadlines there are. Katy spends another 5-8 hours a week

on the phone and email with families.

Hope this helps explain a bit more -- crossing my fingers that

someone wants to take on the RSS Adults group! It doesn't have to

be an RSS adult -- it could be a parent of a teenager????

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> -

>

> Jonas...is he the guy who I told you about, who, at the adults'

dinner who was trying to

> disconnect the microphone in front of everybody, so I wouldn't

have to use the tall

> podium? My response, as I recall, was to just stand at the podium

like anyone else, aim the

> microphone lower and tell people that if they couldn't see me, to

move to a place where

> they could <wink>. Wasn't he the one who was supposed to put us at

ease at the dinner

> and the 3 of us RSS Adults who had never been to the Adults Dinner

(or a MAGIC

> convention, period) had no clue of what was going on? Anyway, if

he's the same guy,

> thanks for the advice, but I didn't really get a " warm and fuzzy "

from him and I'd just as

> soon not go through that route...though maybe someone else will

want to, in the future.

>

> As I mentioned a few messages back, Hillary has already said if we

want to even think

> about having an Adult Division, we need to start it on our own. No

one, including myself,

> volunteered to spearhead such a huge undertaking. Maybe things

will change in the future

> and we'll definitely keep your message as advice, when and if that

time comes. So thank-

> you for that! <G>

>

> In thinking about it, I guess the biggest problem wound up coming

from within me and my

> expectations of MAGIC...I was under the impression that if MAGIC

was willing to take the

> money from RSS Adults, that it was because they regularly did

things for the benefit of RSS

> adults. As a newbie who didn't know how things ran, I saw there

was the GHT Adult

> division and just figured the RSS Adult group, although smaller

(no pun intended <wink>),

> must also already be there and established and that's how and why

things like the Adult

> dinner and the RSS Adult " seminars " came about. Obviously, my

expectations were WAY

> bigger than reality <wink>. And that's my own fault, for not

researching and asking more

> questions about what MAGIC was going to do for me and someone in

my situation. So I

> apologize for opening my big mouth (hey, at least SOMETHING on me

is big!) and for

> sticking my foot in it (small foot + big mouth = whew!). I have a

better idea of what

> MAGIC's role is now and what my role is within MAGIC. Thanks!

>

> -Sharon-

> Just an RSS kid who grew up