All About Active Community Leaders

[lizuan76]

Agreed with b2b3m4, using RC route to be in phase 2b is a lot lot hardwork.


My hubby is a grassroot leader, he is alway so busy with the RC meeting.

[i3mum]

My hubby is also one, the hours contributed is definitely more than the school, even some schools require 80 hours. I

lizuan76:

Agreed with b2b3m4, using RC route to be in phase 2b is a lot lot hardwork.

My hubby is a grassroot leader, he is alway so busy with the RC meeting.

[b2b3m4]

^ I’m glad u ladies understand where i am coming from. Just felt a bit indignant when someone made a mockery of this whole GRL priority. When hubby needs to attend such meetings or do door-to-door sales of tickets, i need to rush home, get dinner ready earlier and thrown with the feeding, bathing and caring of 3 kids back from childcare centre. Not to mention weekends that are burnt for more community activities and courses (like civil defense, dialogue etc).

[verykiasu2010]

b2b3m4:

^ I'm glad u ladies understand where i am coming from. Just felt a bit indignant when someone made a mockery of this whole GRL priority. When hubby needs to attend such meetings or do door-to-door sales of tickets, i need to rush home, get dinner ready earlier and thrown with the feeding, bathing and caring of 3 kids back from childcare centre. Not to mention weekends that are burnt for more community activities and courses (like civil defense, dialogue etc).

lots of sour grapes around

[i3mum]

Hi b2b3m4,


I agree with you totally! I also have 3 kids, and whenever my hubby goes for his community activities,I m left alone handling them, which many doesn't understand. Many think it's easy to be in RC than PV.

b2b3m4:

^ I'm glad u ladies understand where i am coming from. Just felt a bit indignant when someone made a mockery of this whole GRL priority. When hubby needs to attend such meetings or do door-to-door sales of tickets, i need to rush home, get dinner ready earlier and thrown with the feeding, bathing and caring of 3 kids back from childcare centre. Not to mention weekends that are burnt for more community activities and courses (like civil defense, dialogue etc).

[lizuan76]

What is happening? :?


I3mum, same same here. Haha.

b2b3m4, understand your feeling. Because whether my hubby is going for any activities we will need to rush back too.

Somtime my girls will say how come daddy got so many meeting to attend at night. They miss their daddy.

We really put in a lot of hardwork and effort to qualify in phase 2b.

[i3mum]

Hi lizuan76,


Not sure too, maybe some don’t see it the same way as us?

Btw Have any of your kids registered under phase 2B yet? Can you share the experience of getting the letter till registration?

[lizuan76]

Hi I3mum,


We register my elder girl under phase 2B this year.

My hubby is the one that submitting the application to PA and than PA will check to make sure we qualify before they send us a letter to submit to school.

Please correct me if i am wrong.

[i3mum]

Hi lizuan76,


I heard of the same procedures too. I will registering my eldest next year, so kinds feeling tensed up now. I just pm you too to ask you some questions.

lizuan76:

Hi I3mum,

We register my elder girl under phase 2B this year.

My hubby is the one that submitting the application to PA and than PA will check to make sure we qualify before they send us a letter to submit to school.

Please correct me if i am wrong.

[9piggy6]

ongkb2000:

Hi,


You need to go to People Associate(PA) or Community Center that is the nearest to your home and ask for an application form to register yourself as a RC members.

You will be registered as Observers and volunteered in all the PA or RC activities for about 3-6 months before they confirmed you as executive members.

1-2 month before Primary registration starts, PA will ask members to register yourself so that they can prepare a Letter signed by your Member of Parliment (MP) to endorse you as a community leader.

Volunteering in Schools and through RC or CCC is different. Hour is longer then 40 Hours. The committment is also different as people you are working with are usually your neighbours.

Speaking from experience, it is quite fullfilling as your children can also be involved within your neighbourhood.

If you dun enjoy helping within your community, organizing block parties or volunteering in Government Feedback session, I dun recommend it.

Also the endorsement letter is only applicable to your GRC. I have a friend who live near within 2 km of St Hildas but his has volunteered for the wrong GRC. She did not realise it until tit is too late so make sure you dun make the same mistake.

Hope this help.

titank:

Phase 2B2
(i)For a child whose parent has joined the school as a parent volunteer not later than 1 July 2007 and has given at least 40 hours of voluntary service to the school by 30 June 2008;

(ii) or whose parent is a member endorsed by the church/clan directly connected with the school;

(iii) or whose parent is endorsed as an active community leader.

Anyone know how to being endorsed as an active community leader?