[Viva] replies re. running for the Board of Positive Living BC

[Denise Becker]

ok wow, that came in as my last message went out!  The Board meeting is on a
Wednesday and you only have to come in for that once every two months.
 Apart from that you would connect by phone on a Wednesday afternoon once
every two weeks.  You would also be on two committees but could choose
something that is interesting to you such as the magazine, or fundraising.
 The term is two years on the Board.  Now, having read that I would imagine
I have talked you out of it (!) but I find it do-able, however I don't have
kids, just a dog.

I would say you are talking about 6 hours a month total.

If you can travel from Salt Spring then I would say it is not too far away.
 I believe Paul, on our Board, comes in from Pender - not sure!

Denise


On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:09 PM, katherine greene <katgreene at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  hi denise,
> i appreciate you exploring the general lack of response regarding running
> for the board of positive living bc.  i have several reasons...
> i am totally unsure of what is involved or how big a commitment it is, but
> i assume i am too busy working, and just far enough away (saltspring) for it
> to be inconvenient and stressful.  let me know if i am wrong!
> sincerely, katherine
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:44:55 -0700
> From: dbecker106 at gmail.com
> To: Viva at lists.resist.ca
>
> Subject: [Viva] replies re. running for the Board of Positive Living BC
>
> I have not received any replies regarding running for the Board of Positive
> Living BC.  This interests me and I am not sure what to make of it.  Quite
> often in Board meetings, I tell the Board that they need to include women
> and reach out to them to run on the Board.  They have told me that they have
> in the past and there is no interest.  It is hard to push for women's
> retreats, women focussed articles in Positive Living magazine, and other
> things when I am the only one on the Board.
>
> So, I need to understand where you all are coming from.  I have listed
> below some reasons that you might not be interested in joining the Board and
> would appreciate you either just typing a reply with an a, b, or e, etc.(you
> can choose more than one) or letting me know another reason.  Then I will
> have a good handle on the whole issue.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Denise
>
> a)  considering running
> b)  too busy
> c)  too far away
> d)  too time consuming
> e)  not enough women on the Board
>  f)  feel a little intimidated
> g)  just no interest
> h)  don't know enough
> i)  children and no day care
> j)  don't want to leave a pet
> h)  don't want to work with gay men
> i)  don't want to work with men
> j)  don't want to leave my family
> k) not out and don't want questions
> l)  don't feel well enough
> m) unsure what is involved
> n) working
>
> Other
> __________________________________________________________________________________________________
>
> Thanks everyone and if you want to reply directly to me, without anyone
> else seeing, please do so.
>
> Denise
>
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