It’s something that happens to a lot of organizations, especially charities and unions.
Unions that are actually controlled by the people who actually work in business the union supposedly represents normally do OK, but as soon as a union is big enough to need a paid full time staff, it’s only a matter of time before the union stops representing the workers and starts ensuring it’s own survival and growth.
Charities work the same way. At the grassroots level, they are fine. But by the time they get national in size, they have already gathered so many paid staffers who now have jobs and coffee cups to defend that the original purpose of the charity is bound to get lost.
Charities work the same way. At the grassroots level, they are fine. But by the time they get national in size, they have already gathered so many paid staffers who now have jobs and coffee cups to defend that the original purpose of the charity is bound to get lost.
Those are extremely wise words Ronin. And unfortunately all too true
“It’s something that happens to a lot of organizations, especially charities and unions.”
How right you are.
A few years back, the idiot leadership of the 1st Marine Division Association booked the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders for a convention. Members got incessant appeals from the association to pay off that stupid debt. It nearly broke the organization apart. Fortunately the association is flying better today. Lesson learned, I hope.