I hear you, Struggler. One of the great ironies of this kind of voluntary work is that the people who would never do anything unless there was something in it for themselves assume you’re only doing it for some benefit. And sooner or later the good people get sick of the abuse when anything goes wrong and the complete lack of recognition when it all goes right and, like you, they hang up their email address and call it quits.
The day of the professional committee member – somewhere between a strata manager and building manager – is not far off. Trouble is, could we afford to pay them enough?