Member At Large

Board meetings: Serious business, suits and ties, florescent lighting, and paper cuts.

This is what a free-wheeling, twenty-something gal like me thought of when I first considered joining the board of directors for the choir I was involved with for ten years of my childhood. But I thought about how great an experience the choir had been for me, and how good it feels to volunteer, and I took the plunge.

So last night was my first ever Board Meeting. I felt nervous going in (What if I don't measure up?!) and I sat under the florescent lights at the large table and swiveled in a big, puffy office chair. I held a pen in my hand (since everyone else was doing it) and put on my best 'serious business' face.

And then...

We started chatting. Jokes were made and we laughed. Suggestions were made and we voted. Business was discussed, but through it all it was very clear that these were good, kind people, giving of their time to promote an organization that they believed in.

In the end, I went home feeling very good, and I decided I didn't need to go out and get myself a power suit and blackberry after all.