Nobody has enough time. You know how the old saying goes – if you want something done, give it to someone who’s really busy. That’s how I categorize myself – just pile more on.

I would back off on some of my Scouting duties to serve on the WGA Board.

Everyones Time is valuable for sure. I probably have more available than most.

* I work 12 hr shifts – 3 a week (36 hrs/wk…OT?? What’s that???? LOL)
* I work every 4th weekend. The other 3 I don’t make plans on til they come closer.
* When it is my weekend on, I normally work 6 days in a row than have 7 off..yup basically a vacation every other week.
* With advanced notification I can usually switch a weekend.
* I have no children, therefore no commitments on that end.
* The planning I do DO for weekends is for caching, having or attending and event, or in the summer….a week up North, but that’s flexible.
* I multi-task…so I get a lot done in a shorter period of time.
* I always MAKE time for things I enjoy! 😀

As for visiting the WGA Forums.. it is usually more than once a day. The longest I have not been on here, might have been a cpl weeks, during the busy holiday season, otherwise a week to 10 days while on vacation. If one can not visit and is a BOD member… they should at least note they will be gone.. for whatever reason….always good to leave an FYI out of courtesy!! The only ohter times I may be busy with things is if another organization, such as Woodland Dunes or Adult Envirnmental Ed. requests me to do a Geocaching “Thing”.

This is an excellent question, and thanks for bringing it up. I served on the Wisconsin EMS Association Board of Directors for several years and am well aware of how much time a voluntary position like this can take.

As to prior committments, I work 3 12 hour shifts per week, and generally have 4 days off per week. I work every third weekend, so generally cannot attend 1/3 of the events, but would get a schedule adjustment or the big 2 WGA events (assuming that is possible at the time). I do occasionally pick up extra shifts, depending on whether I need extra cash to buy fuel for my gas guzzling Explorer to go geocaching or whether I would prefer to try to go grab some FTF chances.

My daughters still live with me, but they are 23 and 18, and are pretty much potty trained now, and they dont mind if I am gone days at a time. In fact, I think they like it when I am gone for awhile–I suspect they are already looking forward to my 8 day absence starting later this week. (I think I heard the word “party.”

I would say that time is the most finite of commodities. All of us have just 168 hours per week, no less and no more. So any of us who serve on the BOD will have to adjust how we use our time if we are going to be effective. In my case, most of my discretionary time, that is time not given over to the necessary things of life, is already spent wisely, by going geocaching. 😉

And even though it is not about the numbers, I do pay attention to the numbers, and have done the math. On average, I find 3 caches/hour. I know that is low, but I include travel time in my calculation. Anyway, any time that I spend working on WGA projects will have to come from the time that I am currently spending finding caches. Therefore I can calculate that if I find 300 less caches in the coming year, I will have 100 hours to spend on WGA projects.

Anyway, there is only so much time, and I am OK with finding a few less caches in the coming year and using that time that I would have used hunting caches working on WGA projects. (I know this calculation will make Team Honeybunnies salivate because they are just dieing to pass me.)

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I work a M-F 40 hrs/wk job. My weekends are occasionally booked with family events, but rarely so far in advance that I can’t plan other things in there as well. I check the WGA forums 1-2 times per day during the week, and occasionally on weekends, especially if I’m logging caches and am already in front of the computer.

I made sure to read what the time requirements were going to be before accepting the initial nomination. While I work full time, I do make the time to check in on the forums here. Having broadband connection at home allows me to easily keep up with the messages.

This issue is a very critical one. I look forward to seeing a better director than I replace me, as I believe every exiting director should. This is what will give strength and vitality to this organization.

I want to see a real passion for this job in our candidates. I look for it here and [HINT] in the candidates profiles on the BOD Election page [4th from the top at the left]. When I see a candidate visiting these forums daily, I am pleased. When a candidate visits reach 4, 5, 6 or more days apart, I am not going to give that candidate serious consideration. I do not take it lightly when a member of the BOD misses serious issues because he/she just didn’t get around to visiting the WGA website.

@NSLP#1 wrote:

Where do you see last visits here? or do you just mean postings? Some may visit frequently but not frequently post.

The last time someone visited the WGA site is available in their WGA user profile, on the User Info tab.

Some notes on this last visit information. First, users can choose to hide their last visit date/time and make themselves invisible (not shown in the list of online users). See the “Publish my online status” option under Your Account -> Preferences.

Second, sometimes it is not 100% accurate. Certain actions, such as just viewing the WGA home page (but not the forum index page) do not cause this time to be updated. And the last visit time is not updated until someone logs off or their session times out, so if they are currently online or have been online recently, the last visit time reflects the time of their second-to-last (previous session before this one) visit.