Leadership, Me?

Yeah, me. I took this job so I wouldn't have to do this. Hopefully I won't have to after next month when the team elects a leader. Me Facilitator, you Leader. See, there is a Team Leader, a Facilitator, and a Recorded. Basically a Chairman, a Technical Specialist and Administrative Liaison, and a Secretary. The Team Leader runs the team with guidance from the Tech Spec Admin Liaison. The TSAL provides expertise in safety & regulations and connection to Risk, Finance, and County Management. The Recorder takes minutes and does paperwork. Then there are other responsibilities others can take on... research, inspections, creating product (documents, audio, video, etc.), web development, and so much more. Yeah, an 18 person team can do a lot if they invest their time and energy and believe we can do something that makes a difference. We shall see if they do.

Am I the only dreamer on the team?

Anyway, when I woke I texted the boss that I'd be in two hours late so I could sleep longer. It was sweet and I woke early enough to shower and be more refreshed for the big meeting. I took care of more meeting prep and some other things at my desk in spite of being interrupted by a power outage that sent me all through the building checking on whether the generators kicked on and how they worked. The power was not out long enough to be certain, but the generators did not fail this time.

There is definitely way too much fate, destiny, and god stuff in the newer Outer Limits.

Sorry, I just won't stand by.

So anyway, I got more prep done and some others things before I headed over to the place where I set up the meeting. My timing was great (though no lunch because I I did not want the digestive stuff interrupting the meeting). I had time to set up the computer and monitor for the presentation, set up the seating just the way I wanted it, and collate and distribute documentation to the 18 chairs I set up around the table, and was done enough to start when the first person walked in. The meeting went smoothly, though a half hour longer than planned. I wanted each person to introduce themselves and that took more than 15 minutes (18 people), then my Powerpoint presentation took about a half hour, then a brief run through the website I set up for the team took a little more time and some discussion and an hour was gone. Several agenda items were not touched on, but one important one, letting each team member share what is most important to them in their division or program, was necessary. That took a half hour.

Good reason, but I really must not let that happen again.

I headed back to my office and stayed two hours past quitting time to format the minutes document and type up the minutes, There I was, last one out of the building again. It made up for getting in two hours late, but I stayed two hours late on Tuesday too. One of these weeks I'll only put in forty hours lol.

Back here for dinner (you know where the food details are), Then TV, The Outer Limits again. Capitalizing Miracle is another subtle unnecessary religious reference that undermine the show's potential for me. It is time to sleep, after midnight, another work day tomorrow and softball after. So we are having fun, right?

Narf :)