To resign from our pre-school committe becasue i'm the only one left?

[Ripeberry]

In September our Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary and Fundraiser are all leaving due to personal circumstances and because their DCs are going to school.
I'm the voucher clerk and will be the only one left.
I want to resign at the AGM as basically i've had enough. Been doing it for 3yrs and for most of that time did not even have children at the pre-school!
The new parents are totally apathetic and i just want to throw in the towell.
I'm starting up as a Childminder by October and can do without the stress of all of this.
AIBU to be wanting to run for the hills?

Run, ripeberry run. Or else you will end up doing evrything like I did.

It's harsh for the pre-school, but you are a volunteer, the same as the other officers.

You have done your time, well done you.

And BFUB too.

Resign. You've done your bit and if you stay on you'll just get more and more resentful.
New parents will either have to take up the slack or the playschool will fold, but it will be their fault not yours.

Write a letter saying that if no-one else is going to come on the committee then playschool will fold and that x date is the last meeting. I had to do this for a youth club I run which has 168 kids attending, and parental help is hard to find. I got school to send out letters to two year groups (about 180 families) and got 5 responses, but I have a committee for next year now.

I agree with scaryteacher. This is a common problem with pre schools, but you have done your bit now and you have to hand over to the other parents.

You need to do it sooner rather than later so that the Chair and Treasurer can sort out redundancy etc for any staff you have.

BTDT and it is a very great shame that pre-schools have to close but it's not your fault.

Do the letter as scaryteacher suggested, but then run for the hills regardless of the response. You've more than done your time. I know from bitter experience how easy it is for pre-school committees/PTAs etc to just fall to a handful of people, but I've never come across the situation where it's just one person. That's way too much stress and responsibility for anyone.

Also, I think that the charities commission require a formal committee, one person probably is against their guidelines.

Thank you for all your suggestions.
Could hardly sleep last night, my DH came downstairs at 3am to find me all upset.
Luckily, our preschool leader is resigning anyway at the end of term and her daughter who is the helper is going on maternity leave at the same time.
It's just that they are recruiting at the moment for replacements and unless the new parents pull their socks up they are not going to have a pre-school to go to.
It's just so sad its come to this, but what can you do?
Also, i'm not a local person and have not got a clue about who to contact when we need fundraising and such like, i've only been in the area for less than 4yrs.
All the other committee members have lived here all their lives in the village and know everything.
Yes, i have done my time and i'm fed up of feeling guilty because i'm too consciensious (sp?) for my own good.

I think stepping back is a good idea.
the letter scarey suggested is perfect.. follow it up if few people come forward.. people assume that someone else will step forward.

i'll be in a similar postion come sept. The chair/treasurer/secretary are all resigning(they want to go in July but manager pursaded them to stya til sept) so it'll just be me and one other. We need new committee members. We found a thread on here with a greta letter but the manager and other staff thought it was too harsh and we should try the direct approach to get new members ok i understand it's better to get people that want to be involved but they don't seem to realise that without a committtee there's no preschool. why should me and the other member have to befriend all the other mums to try and get them to join? Yes we talk to lots of them outside but a good majority have children going to school in sept so they won't join.

The other day i got 'well couldn't you just be chair, we'll help you' the current chair gets roped into alsorts so not really sure about that as i work whereas she doesn't. I have said i'll be treasurer and the other person said they'l be the secretary.

the turn out at the agm in october was appalling. the first one i've been to but i was and that so few parents want to help at all. many hands make light work and all that!

anyway in answer to your question YANBU, resign

here's the thread with the letter to parents i thought it was good. harsh but fair IMO. people need to know that without the committee there's no preschool

Are they a charity. If they are they won't be allowed to open without a committee. We struggle with getting committee members. At our last AGM after a letter went out as a plea explaining the situation only one new person turned up.

In a way, i do wish it to close as it's going to be awkward taking my DD2 to the pre-school if they have a committee of people who don't really want to do it.
Just so typical that the people who used the pre-school the most and caused all the problems (not paying) are leaving in Sept anyway and we have had to cast our net far and wide to get kids in and these people do not have LOYALTY to the pre-school.

Bronze that is what i'm worried about, at our last AGM NO-ONE new turned up at all! or the previous one, even though we had 11 NEW famillies.
But now i get the guilt that IF 3 people DO volunteer and then i resign i'm going to be the most hated person in the villages.
Arrrghhh!