so I won't shut up? I keep posting and posting today.
Yet another ptsa chapter... yes indeed my last meeting was tonight... well not exactly.
Not enough people showed up to call to order.
At first I was full of glee. Yes I was gleeful. OK not quite but I was happy to get the fuck out of there. Fact is as I drove to taco bell to supplement my earlier modest dinner of left over salmon and mashed potatoes I realized that nobody showed up. I spent the time to do the agenda. I took the time to go. Some of my execs took time out to prepare reports and to be there and nobody from the board showed up. Tammy was excused because we could't get a sitter and she at least told someone she wasn't going to show. I had one other person not only tell me they couldn't be there, but also thank me for my work this year.
At least nobody came down on me.
As a bit of post mortem I really did a true evaluation of myself in this position. I would say (and those in the know will understand the terminology ) that I was not a 4.0 president. This year I would have been a 4.0 president. I was however a steady 3.5. I had my stuff done on time. Sometimes we missed stuff and I know i gathered heat when I was a hard ass about not pulling the newsletter for stuff people forgot. I learned that lesson quickly that I couldn't let people push that deadline around if I wanted to keep my newsletter person. She did a great job and she was the only one who showed up tonight.
I talked to Deonn before the meeting and she asked me on the phone if I had down on the agenda to "not get a thank you from anyone" I told her I had forgotten about that and thanks for bringing that up. She was right.
Tammy called the attendence of one plus officers. She was right... she usually is.
So what did I learn from all this? I'm still trying to figure that out. I'm also still trying to see how the children benifited from me being president and I'm having a hard time seeing it right now. I mean they got play bingo. The orginazation raised enough money for field trips next year. I guess that's all something, but when you put in that many hours you hope to see something that made a differnece. Maybe I wasn't a 3.5 maybe I was a 3.0. I wonder if I'll get a pip...
Not enough people showed up to call to order.
At first I was full of glee. Yes I was gleeful. OK not quite but I was happy to get the fuck out of there. Fact is as I drove to taco bell to supplement my earlier modest dinner of left over salmon and mashed potatoes I realized that nobody showed up. I spent the time to do the agenda. I took the time to go. Some of my execs took time out to prepare reports and to be there and nobody from the board showed up. Tammy was excused because we could't get a sitter and she at least told someone she wasn't going to show. I had one other person not only tell me they couldn't be there, but also thank me for my work this year.
At least nobody came down on me.
As a bit of post mortem I really did a true evaluation of myself in this position. I would say (and those in the know will understand the terminology ) that I was not a 4.0 president. This year I would have been a 4.0 president. I was however a steady 3.5. I had my stuff done on time. Sometimes we missed stuff and I know i gathered heat when I was a hard ass about not pulling the newsletter for stuff people forgot. I learned that lesson quickly that I couldn't let people push that deadline around if I wanted to keep my newsletter person. She did a great job and she was the only one who showed up tonight.
I talked to Deonn before the meeting and she asked me on the phone if I had down on the agenda to "not get a thank you from anyone" I told her I had forgotten about that and thanks for bringing that up. She was right.
Tammy called the attendence of one plus officers. She was right... she usually is.
So what did I learn from all this? I'm still trying to figure that out. I'm also still trying to see how the children benifited from me being president and I'm having a hard time seeing it right now. I mean they got play bingo. The orginazation raised enough money for field trips next year. I guess that's all something, but when you put in that many hours you hope to see something that made a differnece. Maybe I wasn't a 3.5 maybe I was a 3.0. I wonder if I'll get a pip...
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