Well, one or two more keeners signed up and what do you know, the library question is going to referendum. Now, one would expect the new library supporters to be ecstatic. Not so, the deal offered by council is a compromise. A compromise usually ends up with no one getting what they want. Then there is the conjecture fuelled by council's haste in making a decision. Our supporters tend to be thinking types and young parents with their ideals still intact and they are soo not happy.
One board member will likely resign over this. The rest will succumb to meeting overload.
On the bright side-supper tonight was carrots, peas and beans from our garden, a trip to see my darlings is in the works, old friends are coming to visit and last night I went to a great workshop on homesteading. Tomorrow is mostly clean up in the garden, choosing bulbs at the garden centre and only one teensy tiny meeting.
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Everywhere the same, tallking, discussing, talking..... I like the quote of Thomas Sowell and I can understand you feel better with the last words, great!
ReplyDeleteYou are correct, this happens the world over.
DeleteI can't wait to share that first quote above with Mr O. He is a volunteer member of a board that meets today. (I can say that he does not typically enjoy the meetings.) It's good of you to help with the library. Humans aren't easy to work with I've noticed. I've had a nice read, catching up on your blog this morning Susan.
ReplyDeleteI'm passing on your observation re working with humans to our board, it will get a laugh for sure. I feel I've not been very entertaining of late with all this rushing to meetings, your words were a comfort.
DeleteThere is nothing more thankless than a board position. It is almost impossible to give everyone something to appease them, let alone making anyone actually happy! I love the posters - a very positive step towards reconcilliation... :)
ReplyDeleteFinally, today, we seem to have found a path on which we can move forward. It could be everyone wanted to leave the meeting. I was working in a garden we maintain in town, with no access to a washroom, all day. I quickly rushed into the washroom outside the meeting room and washed my face and hands but I'm fairly sure I wafted eau de sweat the entire time.
DeleteThat quote rocks!! Ha! Got the biggest kick out of that one! I do wish that you all could reach a happy medium though I know that is not always easy to do. Love that you are eating yummies from your harvest and that you will be spending some time with family and friends! A wonderful day to you! Nicole xo
ReplyDeleteIt was a good day Nicole, your words must have done the trick. I was outside most of the day in warm sunshine-so content. At the meeting we seemed to come to a concencus and found a way to move forward.
DeleteNice quote "wizard, etc." I am a librarian and can relate to the difficulty of funding and then placing a library building. You are brave!
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DeleteI wanted to go to the homesteading workshop, but getting up and down the lake makes town things a bit more difficult. It will be nice to have the library issue resolved after so much contentious feelings. Sometimes just making a decision makes things better. I remember the harbour upgrade issue. It loomed large, and then once it got underway bridges seemed to mend. Hope it works out that way for the library. - Margy
ReplyDeleteVolunteering on boards is hard work...I had to give it all up as I became a educational administrator working 12 hours...I love the quote about mtgs...it is so true.
ReplyDeleteIt is so easy to get very involved in voluntary work, and the number of meetings just seems to multiply. The way I feel at the moment is that I have quite enough meetings at work, but when I retire, I think I might actually enjoy t ! And you know you are doing some good for your community too ...
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