tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post5623357382886627410..comments2024-03-12T05:19:20.122-04:00Comments on The Commentator: Paying Volunteers Is The Best They Got In The Halls Of Ideas?T.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10275996524128634117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post-46172579763375984342011-04-16T22:08:39.606-04:002011-04-16T22:08:39.606-04:00Ah. I wasn't sure what you meant.
I agree wit...Ah. I wasn't sure what you meant.<br /><br />I agree with that.T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10275996524128634117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post-65118677924723611042011-04-16T21:27:57.805-04:002011-04-16T21:27:57.805-04:00I was too concise. I agree volunteers have an imp...I was too concise. I agree volunteers have an important role to play in our societies.<br />What I meant is that paying them is a perversion of voluntarism and transforms volunteers into cheap labour.<br />Volunteer firemen are the main example. They perform a civic duty in small towns where a permanenmt fire brigade is out of their means. Giving a stipend other than paying their equipment andpotsochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497735324298117643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post-79496814188542103202011-04-16T20:54:24.707-04:002011-04-16T20:54:24.707-04:00Two completely different things.
Volunteers offer...Two completely different things.<br /><br />Volunteers offer their free time. It has NOTHING to do with monetary exchange or paid labor.<br /><br />Volunteers are the backbone of our communities. At my daughter's dance show the production was by volunteers.T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10275996524128634117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post-43994030820206147112011-04-16T15:31:02.760-04:002011-04-16T15:31:02.760-04:00Would that be paid volunteers or underpaid cheap s...Would that be paid volunteers or underpaid cheap staff?potsochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497735324298117643noreply@blogger.com