Jul. 7, 2008 - another year with CHEF

Well, I'm starting on my 3rd year as the homeschool group's newsletter editor.
It's all starting all over again--the deadlines, the frustrations, the pleas, and the rejections.
Why do I do this?  Maybe it is that my membership dues are waived, or perhaps it is that I get to stay connected with what is going on.  I don't know.
  I've asked for only a few things.  I've asked folks to send me articles that are written out in paragraph/complete sentence form.  I didn't even ask for a certain number of words--short would be fine, even very short.  I didn't ask for it to be perfect--I can correct spelling/grammar.  I asked for submissions by a certain deadline, but even that is a bit flexible.  I gave a rough idea of when I need articles and only a handful try to honor that, but it's ok and I can get around late submissions.  I didn't ask for ideas or announcements.  I didn't ask for items that you want to sell.
  Maybe it is because I don't ask for so much that I hardly get any.
What I'd like is a person who likes to write and would take ideas (theirs, mine, other members) and turn them into short writing assignments.
  This is the part that I don't feel I have the time for.  I'm already spending the time for this newsletter to do the layouts.  Are folks also expecting me to write all the articles?  That's what it feels like.  I will pray for such help.