It was a big night at Rotary last night. Following the Craft Fair, we always have a debrief to give everyone a chance to comment on things which went well, and things which didn’t. Typically, we have it at the first meeting after the Fair and it’s a bit of a free-for-all, with the usual suspects making the usual whinges, which are generally ignored by the incoming Director who has his own agenda anyway and doesn’t want to be distracted by the petty concerns of the common people.
The President had the idea this year of asking members to make their comments in writing or, at least, tell someone beforehand so that we would have a bank of ideas to play with, collate, categorise, manipulate, etc before they were put to a meeting. It worked brilliantly. Those who had contentious issues to raise had a certain anonymity, those who wanted to raise trivial matters felt better at getting them off their chests but didn’t waste valuable time at a meeting.
So after three weeks we ended up with about forty issues which could be palmed-off to the committee for discussion, and about 25 which deserved time at the meeting. This last group covered areas like the direction in which the Fair is travelling, the functions we have, prices, awards and so on. In reality, we only had about 30 minutes to talk about them but the discussion was robust and everyone felt they had been heard.
I’m looking out the window, hoping the ground will dry out a little bit so that I can do a bit more mowing. As often happens in Tasmania at this time of the year, we have heavy rain overnight, and quite pleasant sunny days. The problem is, when I get up in the morning full of energy to get into the garden, I have to wait for a few hours for the ground to dry and the mood leaves me. Still, there’s always Marilyn to remind me of my good intentions and my responsibilities.
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