They seemed so well, inconsequential. When we all finally got together for our first meeting, I asked her if she had sent me everything. She assured me that she had. The strength of LLL and its support system is within all of us. We know what we know not so much from research as from experience.
Organizations have lives which, like people, go through phrases of development.
The adolescent organization tries its wings, makes mistakes, returns to home base, tries again until gawky and long-legged, we see a glimmer of the promise of the future in its reflection. As an adult, the organization proceeds with confidence, ready to take its place in the world and make its voice heard. The organization has arrived. The life span of most organizations, however, is not as long as the people they serve. While there are many notable and admirable exceptions, most volunteer organizations do not make it to old age.