Committee

[DarkMajes71c]

I have been asked to join a residential committee and run for the secretary position.
I'm wondering what will be involved in for filling this position? And basically how a committee works.

Cheers DM

[DarkMajes71c]

im looking for a view from someone who has experience with a sucessfull committee... this committee is somewhat disfunctional at presssent and will need to be stripped back and rebuilt in order for it to be able to function effectivly.

[Old Salt]

Good evening DarkMajes71c

Be very wary! I'm sixty-eight and I have suffered the, "Hey JIm, you'll make a great Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, Facilitator, etc, for our committee / club."

You go to a meeting and are quickly 'railroaded' into a job no one else in the committee / club will touch with a fifty foot pole.

Then you try your best to make a go of the job, only to find that the reason no previous person in that role ever succeeded was, the couldn't get members to discuss the situation rationally, let alone be willing to compromise a little in order to make a start at fixing the problem. And some of the disputes are extremely bitter, with you in the middle.

After a few months you will probably just throw up your hands and stop trying.

However, maybe your situation is different. I sincerely hope so............The Best of British Luck and May the Force Be with You!

Let me know how it all turns out
Old Salt

[DarkMajes71c]

thank you kindly old salt... i guess i will have to see how it goes i have only been to one meeting so far in which a couple of members treated it much like a pub or social event... but i have faith in progress (which may be about to be destroyed) next meeting is on the 6th to prepare the AGM so there wont be the full committee there just the seated members and the three potential seated members. will let you know how it goes.

[Old Salt]

Well good for you DarkMajes71c

You are already ahead of my experiences, which, at the first meeting began to give me cause for concern

Looking forward to hearing how you get on

Good Luck, you may just be an exception

Old Salt