[clug-talk] Challenge: Fertil Soil

[Tek Budda]

Something that was said at recent meetings started me thinking about 
things and has to some point caused me some inner conflict and I guess 
has stirred my pot a bit.  That is the idea of the current executive 
wanting more people to step up to the plate and get more involved.

This is an admirable and very reasonable desire and request to make to 
the membership of any group.  And depending on your level of 
involvement, may help plant ideas in your head.  Like many things, they 
start as an idea, that depending on the the environment they are planted 
in, will either wither and die or will grow strong and healthy.  Heck, 
it is what CLUG itself is built on.  And so, with that in mind, my 
challenge to the executive is this....

What are you doing to create the fertile soil necessary to not only 
plant these ideas, but to help them grow?

Just a thought, but perhaps if that environment doesn't exist or if it 
does, can't be seen, that may contribute to the lack of involvement on 
both sides.  I myself, have felt that some ideas I have proposed (at 
various times) have either been outright dismissed or just left to die. 
  Yes, I could have done my part and brought the idea to life, but 
sometimes, that is all I may have is an idea and I am not sure where to 
go.  And sometimes, if I don't see an opportunity to have that idea grow 
then I figure why should I bother to waste my time.  To put it another 
way...I may want to grow a crop but may not know how the see it through 
from planting to harvest...or...why should I plant the seed if no one 
else is willing to help with the cultivation.

I am sure this post will cause some interesting comments.

Cameron