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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>No Nick, you are defintely not
alone!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>Our situation is very similar to yours:
Statation Manager doing a very long week in return for part-time voluntary
sector pay rate. SM's wife doing nearly as much, but unpaid, and one other
highly committed volunteer. By chance we too have been going 12
years.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>While voluntary organization
consultants, enterprise companies, newcomers and other well-meaning
souls tell us it's no good being reliant on one or two people, and that
delegation is key etc etc, my observation has been that while that
'best-practice' can sometimes be made to work, particularly in large
cities, council-funded operations, or very well-heeled neighbourhoods, for
the great majority the successful long-term survivors have got there principally
because of two or three totally committed people willig to submerge their lives
under the needs of the station!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>I second what Glynn said about a blog - it would
be great to see the thoughts of Chairman Nick reaching a wider audience. But
then [other half of brain engages] I guess you might feel more constrained
by the wider exposure, and out would go the baby with the
bathwater...</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>PS re Preston, Mull etc, add to that list
Inverness. They also handed back the licence before ever getting on air,
which was a tragedy. I think in both Inverness and Mull a major factor was that
they decided if they couldn't do things 'properly' from the outset they wouldn't
start up on a shoestring and try to work upwards. Maybe they did themselves a
big favour and were saved from years of 70-hour weeks for poor pay
[unadventurous side of my brain must still be engaged!].</FONT></DIV>
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color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">....My hours are now
averaging at 70 whilst receiving Part-Time pay. I’m not complaining, I am
merely making a point and giving you all the
facts.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I reckon others are
in the same Boat ……..if they ain’t, then we’re doing something wrong. But
alas, we’ve been running for 12 years next year ! we must surely be
doing something right and our / my approach as you can see is most definitely
not Blue Chip big Management, it’s hard graft on the treadmill.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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