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So, you offered to man the phones, get spimd and spamd and you don't know anyone enough to mention "hey, we're pissing a lot of people off, here"?
by InCityDreams 5y ago
So, you offered to man the phones, get spimd and spamd and you don't know anyone enough to mention "hey, we're pissing a lot of people off, here"?
- tristor 5y agoYes. I'm not sure if you understand how the volunteering works, but basically you show up at a particular location one day, another volunteer that's more tied to that location runs things, you sign-in and they set you up with about 10 minutes of training, and then you do your thing for an hour or two, and then you sign-out and leave. Most volunteers do maybe 1-2 hours of volunteering in a given campaign year, and may never volunteer again. So, effectively I don't "know" anyone with any authority just because I volunteered to man the phones. I'm not on the candidate's guest list for their summer house parties. As part of my local activism, I've volunteered several times for different forms of political action, and through that I have never once developed a personal relationship with anyone in leadership of these organizations.