Membership

What type of member are you?

Are you an active member, the kind who would be missed,

Or are you just contented that your name is on the list?

Do you attend the meetings and discuss things with the crowd,

Or do you always stay at home and grumble long and loud?

Do you help with committee, visit a member who is sick,

Or leave the work to just a few, then complain about the clique?

Do you support all functions and do a useful job,

Or is your only comment, 'I'm just one of the mob'?

Come to WI more often and help with hand and heart,

Don't be just a member but take an active part,

Think this over, members, you must know right from wrong,

Are you just a member or do you just belong?

This poem appeared in Warwickshire's Newsletter & came to my eye via the Oxfordshire Federation News & Views Newsletter.