Sure Ways to Kill a Group

Here are 30 ways to kill any organizations:

 1.  Don't attend meetings.
 2.  If you attend, come late.
 3.  If you don't like the weather, don't go.
 4.  If you do go, criticize the work of the officers and members.
 5.  Never hold office, as it is easier to find fault with others
     than to get involved.
 6.  Get upset if you're not appointed to a committee.  If you are
     appointed never attend committee meetings.
 7.  When asked for your opinion on something, say you have nothing
     to say.  After the meeting, complain and say it all.
 8.  Don't do anything unless it's absolutely necessary.  But when
     others attempt to get things done, complain that the organization
     is controlled by a clique.
 9.  Don't attempt to recruit new members, let somebody else do it.
10.  When a party is planned, complain loudly that the organization
     is wasting money.
11.  When no parties are planned, complain that the organization lacks
     life.
12.  Don't try to obtain a party ticket until they are sold out.
13.  Then complain you were cheated out of yours.
14.  If you manage to get a ticket, don't pay for it.
15.  If asked to sit at the head table, of course refuse.
16.  If you're not asked to sit at the head table, resign.
17.  Don't pay your dues, at least hold back from paying as long as
     possible.
18.  If you're not asked to pay your dues, don't volunteer to pay
     them.
19.  When you do receive a bill for dues, don't pay until you get
     another bill.
20.  If you are billed for dues that have been paid, resign, or at
     least complain the treasurer is misusing funds.
21.  Don't let the organization know how it can help you, but if it
     doesn't, resign.
22.  If you can obtain some of the benefits without joining, don't
     join.
23.  If your organization doesn't correct abuses in other's business,
     complain nothing is being done.
24.  If it calls attention to abuses in your own, resign.
25.  Keep searching for something wrong in the organization.  When
     you find it, resign.
26.  At every opportunity threaten to resign.
27.  Don't forget to get all your friends to resign too.
28.  When you go to a meeting, vote to do something, then go home
     and do the opposite.
29.  Agree to everything that is said at the meeting, then disagree
     when the meeting is over.
30.  Delay replying to communications from your organization, or
     better yet, don't answer at all.




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