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  two bits of experience

  1. as the chair of a local group of the sierra club, i have gained a lot of members through the canvass.  i have also had a lot of friends say they had someone coming to the door asking for money, not have any, and not be told how to get involved with us.  it's fine: these friends know how to get in touch with me, but still, money is the only issue discussed at the door.

  2. i have known more people to get burnt out from environmental action through working for the fund for public interest research (a.k.a. the "campaign to save america's environment") than through any other reason.  i have also known more people to have a bad experience with that job than with any other job, period.

  these bits of experience are certainly subjective: i did grow up in montgomery county, maryland, which derekb dismissed earlier, but i've lived in georgia for four years, now, and it's no less true here.

  my simple response is that i think more would be done if people spent 20 hours a week making money at whatever and 15 hours a week volunteering for us than people spending 40 hours a week asking for money.  it'll give them more free time, us better help, and leave us more cash for other things.On Why green-group canvassing operations need an overhaul posted 3 years, 5 months ago 28 Responses