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

[Denise Becker]

Thanks, Heidi!

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:41 AM, heidi safford <hsafford at yahoo.com> wrote:

> N and B
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com>
> *To:* viva <Viva at lists.resist.ca>
> *Sent:* Thu, June 23, 2011 10:44:55 AM
>
> *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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