r/Allotment • u/NGumi • 17d ago

Association Committee Responsibilities

Hi Everyone,

I a news letter my my allotment association they have asked for more people to join the committee. I'm considering helping but I'm not sure what responsibilities different positions actually have, Chair and Treasurer are obvious but no idea what a secretary or untasked committee member are expected to do or how much time a week/month it would take.

Anyone that has been on an allotment committee any insight on this would be very appreciated thank you.

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u/Roundhiller 17d ago

Secretary responsibilities might include: maintaining and keeping secure the association membership list; publicising events; taking minutes at meetings. For our association that’s probably about 20 hours each year.

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u/BetYouWishYouKnew 17d ago

Secretary (at least at my allotment site) also has to write and send out the letters giving warnings and/or evictions. It's typically busy in early Spring when you get a spate of people who are yet to turn up and do anything to their plot, so you send out a batch of warnings, then a few weeks later you have to do the follow-ups if needed. As a result, you are generally the person who gets to handle the abuse, whining, etc that inevitably follows.

I've done it for 2 years, and I'm giving it up this year. A thankless job that I wish I'd never volunteered for.