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What is it with Gen X? : Comments
By Sandra Kanck, published 22/10/2010Gen X is missing in action leaving the greying to mind society.
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The author should have been aware that casting succession planning problems (wrongly) as a generational problem would have been certain to result in a flurry of intergenerational hate mail.
As for political activism in the Sixties, in Australia that was largely restricted to students and Vietnam. The appalling reason for the protests was that youths who couldn't vote were being sent to a war that Pig Iron Bob Menzies pleaded to be part of - his guts and their lives. Try balloting conscripts for Afghanistan and see what happens. BTW, the protest movement did not result in the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, that was because the allies were beaten by tactics and superior forces.
Organisations wanting to replenish their volunteers also need to look very carefully at what they are offering too. I have occupied numerous honorary roles over the years and always helped out with labour and money. I still do volunteer, however many charitable organisations no longer want help or donated property, they only want cash.
There has been a lot of change, it was easier to get a quorum for a committee or a task force back in the days of permanent employment and regular, eight hour days.
There are many reasons why some charities and helping organisations have not been able to attract more volunteers and it is worth a serious article to identify those reasons.