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. m. fl How does it feel ... to be on the nominating committee when elections are the day after tomorrow and 3 new people need to be found to fill vacanâ€" Cies?! The president called last week to let you know (as chairman of the comâ€" mittee) that you are responsible for getting a full complement of volun- teers to stand. Now what? Today as you wonder why recruitâ€" ment hasn’t been taking place all year 22 H & C Oct. Nov. Dec, 1986 Is this your technique for recruiting executives? Read on for an alternative! long. or at least why potential candi- dates haven't been approached to see . if they would be interested come elec. tion time, you make your first can, It’s to last year’s nominating commit. tee chairman. He suggests set mt names of people who were involved back in his time, but no new blood. As you hang up, you swear there has to be a better way (to recruit volun- teers), and that you’ll make surc- this type of thing doesn't happen again. (Too bad you’ll not likely be nom- inating chairman another term, to implement some improvements â€" oh well, same problems next year, then!) You call other members of your committee along with the rest of the executive only to get a few more names of people you don’t know Your only choice is to call these strangers and ask if they’d bi! in- terested in filling a position. You resort to telling them that, in fact: “it’s not too difficult, anybody can do it; it won’t take too much of your time; only one meeting a month, that’s all.” Well, you’ve finally got your names to nominate at election time, but don’t really feel too satisfied. And when you get to the meeting, you dis- cover that two out of the three aren‘t there. You nominate them anywalt Sound Familiar'H? With the annual election season soon to be here, now is the time to make some improvements. An effective recruitment program will involve all volunteers year round. (Anytime somebody 15 identified as a potential candidate for next Year’s election, his/her name is added to the nominating committee 5 list. This list can be passed around at every meeting throughout the year). Chuck Bokor is leadership specialist with the Rural Organizations and Services Branch.