Comments on: A look at what’s hot, not and could be http://blog.ilipra.org/a-look-at-what%e2%80%99s-hot-not-and-could-be/ Advancing park and recreation professionals who advance the communities they serve. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:37:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Anonymous http://blog.ilipra.org/a-look-at-what%e2%80%99s-hot-not-and-could-be/#comment-70 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:05:00 +0000 http://blog.ilipra.org/a-look-at-what%e2%80%99s-hot-not-and-could-be/#comment-70 Here is what we have found to be "Not". Volunteering time to support programs. In my community many of the sporting leagues have had to have fewer teams with more players per team due to a lack of coaches. Here is what is "Hot". Gladly paying the volunteer fee with no intentions of ever trying to collect it back. As the various leagues/sports groups find fewer and fewer volunteers, more of these independent leagues are looking to the Park District to take over their programs. If the Park District can run the programs efficiently, without lowering the level of quality, and without taking away from their ability to offer other programs, then this situation is fine. Otherwise, the problem is just moving from the "private" sector to the "public" sector. Here is what we have found to be “Not”. Volunteering time to support programs. In my community many of the sporting leagues have had to have fewer teams with more players per team due to a lack of coaches.

Here is what is “Hot”. Gladly paying the volunteer fee with no intentions of ever trying to collect it back.

As the various leagues/sports groups find fewer and fewer volunteers, more of these independent leagues are looking to the Park District to take over their programs. If the Park District can run the programs efficiently, without lowering the level of quality, and without taking away from their ability to offer other programs, then this situation is fine. Otherwise, the problem is just moving from the “private” sector to the “public” sector.

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