One of my boards has been dwindling -- our secretary resigned a month ago and the vice-president has been MIA for nearly that long -- and tonight I was the only person on our scheduled conference call. (I am the president.) The treasurer is usually pretty dependable, but I think we are all discouraged by our members' lack of participation. People bitch about everything; we try to give them what they say they want, but still no one shows up for events. I've had it. This is my second year as president and my fourth year on the board.
I am involved in other service/board activities that are so rewarding that it's hard to care much about this one anymore. However, I committed to serve until the end of the year, so I'll stick it out, whether anyone else lasts or not. We're going to have a big problem at the beginning of next year, though. I know that nobody on the current board wants to serve after this year, and we have a hard enough time getting members to come out to mingle, much less to take on leadership roles. We are part of a global organization. My plan is to send out an email to our members asking for nominations for board positions; if no one responds, I'm handing it off to headquarters. I, and even the other board members who haven't been fully involved lately, have done more than enough in terms of devoting time and effort to what feels like a futile effort. Time to stop banging my head against the wall.
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