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Update on organizational work
Apr. 7th, 2019 04:59 pmI have unfortunately let the Fix Things Friday meme fall by the wayside--my last such post was in November. Ah well, I can't possibly write up everything I've done since November.
But in short, I have left the union board and rejoined the board of the environmental org. I am happy with this decision--I was on the union board for two years and at the annual meeting two other people stepped up when I left. So that's good. I am still the one welcoming new members, and also I am the person preparing elections, which means that I ask around to find new people for various elected positions for the next annual meeting. I basically already did that job when I was on the board, which is not ideal, but necessary since we had no one else who did it. We'll see if I'll do anything else in the union now--I went to a great workplace organizing course yesterday, but it seems a bit scary, as does negotiation in workplace conflicts. But that might be a reason to do it, or try it, anyway. I mean, what I've been doing so far is the supporting work around workplace organizing, which is the actual reason for the union to exist.
The annual meeting of environmental org went well. Or mostly, at least--the old board did not quite have things together for the meeting, and I had to remind them of things that they should have known to do. *rolls eyes* I'm not your mom, guys. I mean, I know not everyone knows organizational procedure from the start, and that's fine, but when you're on a board it is your duty to learn it! It's not like it's rocket science. But it was good as well, I met a lot of people I am fond of.
Well, and now I'm on that board again, with some new people as well. I am one of the two media spokespersons, as well as treasurer (though that takes very little time) and no doubt I will do a fair amount of coordinating within the board. We'll see how it goes. Next week we are launching a report on the bad behavior of the state-owned forest company, which I have worked with on and off for months (the report, that is). I am looking forward to that!
But in short, I have left the union board and rejoined the board of the environmental org. I am happy with this decision--I was on the union board for two years and at the annual meeting two other people stepped up when I left. So that's good. I am still the one welcoming new members, and also I am the person preparing elections, which means that I ask around to find new people for various elected positions for the next annual meeting. I basically already did that job when I was on the board, which is not ideal, but necessary since we had no one else who did it. We'll see if I'll do anything else in the union now--I went to a great workplace organizing course yesterday, but it seems a bit scary, as does negotiation in workplace conflicts. But that might be a reason to do it, or try it, anyway. I mean, what I've been doing so far is the supporting work around workplace organizing, which is the actual reason for the union to exist.
The annual meeting of environmental org went well. Or mostly, at least--the old board did not quite have things together for the meeting, and I had to remind them of things that they should have known to do. *rolls eyes* I'm not your mom, guys. I mean, I know not everyone knows organizational procedure from the start, and that's fine, but when you're on a board it is your duty to learn it! It's not like it's rocket science. But it was good as well, I met a lot of people I am fond of.
Well, and now I'm on that board again, with some new people as well. I am one of the two media spokespersons, as well as treasurer (though that takes very little time) and no doubt I will do a fair amount of coordinating within the board. We'll see how it goes. Next week we are launching a report on the bad behavior of the state-owned forest company, which I have worked with on and off for months (the report, that is). I am looking forward to that!
