Like Ron May, I head a voluteer excavation at a spiritual retreat
center (and I volunteer, myself).  I find it very rewarding, and we
do quality work.  Again, like Ron, my volunteers bring a great deal
of life experience with them and are usually *very* enthusiastic.  I
must admit that work goes slow each season until the new volunteers
catch on, but most are very intelligent and need a minimum of
training before being trusted to do the job well.  Admittedly, this
is different from using volunteers on a paid excavation, but my
experience has been very positive--and my volunteers must pay for the
privilage of coming to the retreat center!

Bill

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Bill Lockhart
New Mexico State University
Alamogordo, NM
(505) 439-3732