Just what my blood pressure needed
Jun. 27th, 2006 09:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieWe've just had a Musical and Operatic society Extraordinary General Meeting. There were two main subjects of discussion: where we are on finances and putting on the next show (which involves there not being an orchestra pit in the renovated theatre after all which adds layers of awkwardness and inconvenience to the whole thing) and getting more people involved in the committee and running the society.
I always find these sorts of events fairly stressful, mainly because I am not a committee person - I've served on a couple of committees over the years and it has always made me miserable - and so of course I feel guilty for not volunteering to join. That doesn't mean that I'm not happy to help do particular tasks that need doing on an ad-hoc basis, but that I don't want to be a 'proper' committee member.
Frankly the sort organisational and management skills you need for main committee membership are the things I already do in my job every day and are the parts of my job I least enjoy, so I'm not going to rush to volunteer to do more of it!
Back home we've just been talking about why it is more difficult to get people involved in this sort of thing these days. Part of it, I think, is because we have so many different demands on our time now.
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pennski and I lived in London we used to go out and do things most evenings, but then we had a small handful of videos, no computers, video games, etc, and jobs that, although we had longer overall working hours, were considerably less demanding. No internet either (how did we cope?).
Normal rehearsal schedule will continue from Thursday, thank goodness.
(Note the 'Phantom of the Opera' pose picture which will be used for future show-related postings! Yes I am singing The Music of the Night:-))
I always find these sorts of events fairly stressful, mainly because I am not a committee person - I've served on a couple of committees over the years and it has always made me miserable - and so of course I feel guilty for not volunteering to join. That doesn't mean that I'm not happy to help do particular tasks that need doing on an ad-hoc basis, but that I don't want to be a 'proper' committee member.
Frankly the sort organisational and management skills you need for main committee membership are the things I already do in my job every day and are the parts of my job I least enjoy, so I'm not going to rush to volunteer to do more of it!
Back home we've just been talking about why it is more difficult to get people involved in this sort of thing these days. Part of it, I think, is because we have so many different demands on our time now.
Back when
pennski and I lived in London we used to go out and do things most evenings, but then we had a small handful of videos, no computers, video games, etc, and jobs that, although we had longer overall working hours, were considerably less demanding. No internet either (how did we cope?).Normal rehearsal schedule will continue from Thursday, thank goodness.
(Note the 'Phantom of the Opera' pose picture which will be used for future show-related postings! Yes I am singing The Music of the Night:-))
