Wish me luck.

Last month I posted about a meeting I'd attended that had made me furiously angry. I swore that I wouldn't go back unless and until those in charge got their act together and figured out a way to accomplish something.

Well, it seems I was not the only one, and tonight, the shit hits the fan. The chair emailed an agenda and series of proposals to be voted on, and I'm afraid she's in for a rude awakening. Her plans are all driven by her personal ambition, her own private bias, rather than the wishes of a majority of the people she is supposed to represent. Few that I have spoken with share her vision, and most will vote against her proposals. We were all advised that if we chose to disagree with her, we'd better have a different plan to offer.

Okay, fair enough. I've been working on just that as have a few others. My concern is that when she realizes she has little support, she will resign her position and leave. I sincerely hope we don't have to deal with that kind of drama, but my sensible Capricorn self tells me we probably will. My FEAR is that when she leaves, and the realization that we need a new leader hits everyone, that they'll look at me. Did I mention I have a hard time saying no when I see things that need to be done, that no one else is doing? By this time tomorrow, I may well have a new old hat perched on top of all the other hats I wear (I co-chaired this group a few years ago.) Time will tell.

Update - well that went better than I ever could have hoped. Our chair has not resigned (yet) so I am NOT the new one. Thank goodness for that! Her pipedream proposals were voted down, and the sure thing fundraiser was reinstated. She is very angry, very disappointed that the majority do not support her agenda, but she seems to be willing to grudgingly accept the new direction the group wants to go (or more specifically, the way it most definitely does NOT want to go.) I guess I'll go again next month when the group determines where we would like to focus our energies (finally!) for the next year and a half. It's only taken us 7 months to get to this point.