On Being President

I recieved a call today. One I wasn't happy to get.

My local Kiwanis chapter wants me to be president.

Now I should tell you that they want me to be president so that my step mom WON'T be.

I have made this statement loud and clear from every mountaintop available. I WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT WHILE SHE IS ALIVE AND ACTIVE IN THE CLUB.

Because she was a successful president 3x. And a Lt. Gov for the District. And now PR and training for the state.

Being President requires an immense amount of work, time, effort and money. I have effort. I can't afford the time. I can't afford the finance. I would love the publicity. But I don't want it if I don't earn it.

So here are my list of pro's and con's:

Pros:

• I am good at leadership
• I can hand pick my secretary
• I get a big party in my honor
• Twice
• Lots of good photo ops
• Lots of good ops to do community service
• I get a slush fund of some reasonable amount to use as I see fit
• I have "supposedly" a wonderful support system and can request my board.

Cons:

• I nevver wanted to be president
• If I don't do everything the way step mom did, I am guaranteed to be subject to criticsm by her for the rest of my natural life
• I can't be the president that does everything - and she was
• I don't have the financial means to do the job the right way
• While yes, I have the support system, this group of 75 members only has about 10 that do the work
• That ten can't compensate for a president that can't be there for everything
• It's an enormous time commitment and I work two jobs.
• I have so many stress elements right now that adding to it with this is causing me great anxiety and
• Having guilt tossed at me that the club will fold if I don't step to plate is cruel.
• I don't like the "it's you or HER" attitude either
• If one MORE person calls me to convince me I will shoot them personally.
• I can't eat out that much. It's not good or healthy for me. Seriously I know this is stupid one....lol

As you can see, I have more cons than pros. My gutt says DO NOT DO THIS. Having people rely on me to do it is very hard to deal with.

I am all twisted and tangled here. I am now shelving the topic until Sunday. NO more thinking or discussing it. The answer will show itself on Sunday.