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

[Denise Becker]

Thanks, Marguerite!
Denise

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Margarite Sanchez <
margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

> For me B,C and N. I am too busy, too far and need to work.
> I might consider it sometime in the future. It is a good way to really get
> to know an organization.
> thanks,
> Margarite
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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