"You're Fired! - NOT!"
Re: Bai, Matt, The Multilevel Marketing of the President. The New York Times Magazine (4/25/2004)
I thought this article was great. It really took me into the life of a volunteer, and an important volunteer at that because she was a district chair in a highly contentious county. What I learned from her story was the amount of pressure on these key volunteers is amazing. It shocked me to hear how the Republican party wanted the world from her. When she made the comment about her not being able to be fired because she is a volunteer, I thought that was a good point as well.
Volunteers are crucial to a campaign's success so they better recruit some very loyal and deserving volunteers. I would be nervous as a candidate to have volunteers running my campaign district headquarters just because of the fact the woman mentioned above, you can't fire them therefore there is not as much follow-through or dedication then someone who is paid. Volunteers need big hearts to dedicate their time to a campaign.
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They key about recruiting volunteers is that you can't always rely on the county chairperson or party official to get the job done. Thats where staff come in. Given there needs to be a volunteer operation that is meeting its goals, thats when the staff needs to make sure that the volunteers are doing what they need to do. If one isnt doing what needs to be done. . .they can't be fired. . but the field staff can find someone new to fill the role . .. without even mentioning it to the first volunteer. It seems like the Bush campaign was smart enought to have this concept mastered. . .because come hell or high water, their doors got knocked and voters got turned out
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