Oops, I posted this suggestion on the wrong thread. Duh. Here is what I posted on Theresa and Riley's thread:
Last summer was my first GE, and I tried to just follow others and learn from how they were doing it. Maybe Admin could ask an older member to "mentor" the members who have been here less than six months to help them through their first GE?
I have not participated since then bc I have had a lot of health problems, and I just was not sure if I was going to be well and able to participate or sick in bed. I figured it was not fair to my buddy in case I got sick during the GE. I would wait until my health was a little better. -- Another idea is maybe there could be a "disclaimer", so to speak, to have ppl make sure their calendar is free during the time of the GE and that they are capable of meeting the "obligation" of being someone's buddy timewise? I realize unplanned things do happen, but sometimes these problems seem to stem from lack of planning. It seems like they are excited to participate in a GE and do not think about what it will entail to be a good buddy.
It is so sad to see such nice, generous ppl feel so unappreciated and uncared for as a result of a GE.
You all have been through more GE's than I and have seen a lot more problems, so maybe these suggestions would not help at all. It's just so sad to see someone left out when they are so generous and so look forward to these GE's. I remember how badly I felt for Shinja being left out of the last GE. |