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    It’s a bit like any volunteer role, especially in childrens’ sport.  You do a good job and set a high bar and no one wants to take over and achieve or exceed that high bar.  In many organisations, you have to do the irresponsible thing and refuse point blank to take it on for another year.  Be stubborn.  Shrug your shoulders as if you don’t care.  Or don’t attend the AGM and send a non-resident family member in your place to take the emotion out of the situation.

    But be careful what you wish for.  You could end up with someone who does a very poor job indeed, or doesn’t do the job at all and things fall apart.  Or you could end up with someone who uses the role to his or her own advantage.

    In my strata, I’m the Chair but in practice I do all the work of the Secretary, Treasurer and Chair.  Everyone in our small block wants to be on the Committee but no one wants to do the work.  So in the past couple of years I’ve started to refuse to do work.  I do all the basic admin and I have one long-standing project that I continue to manage.  But anytime someone wants something fixed I ask them to take on their requested project on the grounds that I’m doing everything else.  In other words – yes it can be fixed but only if you (the requestor) make that happen.  It’s a bit different to your situation where you are trying to even get people on the Committee.  I’m not sure what you can do but would it be possible to get elected at the AGM when that agenda item comes around, and then resign at the same meeting if others won’t step up to be on the Committee and help with the work?

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