Why do we need to form committees?
What’s next?
A committee in yshiva to make sure the bachurim put on Tefillin? Bentch after meals? Treat their friends respectfully?
It’s funny you brought this up today because I just got a call from a stranger trying to return an item a family member left behind in a place where he learns. And it’s not the first time such a thing happened.
Basing my conclusions purely on personal, anecdotal evidence and not a comprehensive double blind study (sorry), I say the likelihood of having a lost object returned if left in a shul, beis midrash or yeshiva is 90% higher than that of an item left in other public places such as an airport, train station, bank or department store.
(Please no anecdotally based studies to follow on the prevalence of forgetfulness in my family vs the general public.)