{"id":19780,"date":"2015-05-02T04:38:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T20:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=19780"},"modified":"2015-05-02T09:42:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T01:42:14","slug":"the-concept-of-event-organiser-eo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=19780","title":{"rendered":"The concept of the Event Organiser EO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shc-logo.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3885\" src=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shc-logo.gif\" alt=\"shc-logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/fun3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13164\" src=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/fun3-200x118.gif\" alt=\"fun3\" width=\"275\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 years ago, when the idea of SilverHairsClub started, I was thinking how to keep SHC alive for a long time. At that time, there were few activities, although the monthly gathering was what kept many members coming. \u00a0The concept of the Event Organiser EO developed over the years, and today, I see EOs as the key reason why the Club does not have a management committee.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, we have tried having a management committee, but this ideas has not been successful. \u00a0One reason which I have observed is our general membership tends not to respond to or accept a management committee. \u00a0Many have voiced staying on with the EO concept. \u00a0The other reason which some members have silently and behind the scene told me is &#8220;The reason why the management committee failed was because I did not enpower the committee members&#8221;. \u00a0There is some truth with this viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p>However, over the years, I have come to accept that a management committee does not work in SHC, although we can see successful management committees with most other Clubs. \u00a0This explains why you see a less structured organisation within SHC in recent years,<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I would like to see a committee work within SilverHairsClub, I am receptive to the committee idea, if someoneoffers to take the lead. \u00a0My business travel has made it almost impossible to spend more than a few days each month in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, what has worked so far is our EOs have kept SHC alive and going.<\/p>\n<p>Please share your thoughts. \u00a0No right and no wrong. \u00a0You have your viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Terence Seah<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 10 years ago, when the idea of SilverHairsClub started, I was thinking how to keep SHC alive for a long time. At that time, there were few activities, although the monthly gathering was what kept many members coming. \u00a0The concept of the Event Organiser EO developed over the years, and today, I see EOs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=19780\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The concept of the Event Organiser EO&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19780"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19790,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19780\/revisions\/19790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}