Trouble on the board..

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As some of you may remember, a few months ago I was elected onto the Band Booster board to help our school's Marching Band program. Our last board had a bunch of problems and had alienated most of the parents, and those of us elected to the new board had so many plans to try to make things better again.. But we're already having a slew of problems, primarily with our president. She's trying to do everything herself and not share the load with the rest of us. She has a ton of ideas, and doesn't like when anyone shoots down her ideas. She also isn't the type to listen to someone else's ideas, she'll shoot them down before you even finish getting them out of your mouth. We have our band home show coming up, and this is a big undertaking for us. We have to gather volunteers to help us at the show, to run the concession stands and help park the busses and spectator's cars, to sell tickets and programs, to gather donations of baked goods and raffle baskets... My job was to gather those volunteers and decide where they're going to work. The president has decided to help me with this job.. and her idea of helping is basically taking it over for me. She didn't ask me if I wanted or needed the help, she just took it over. She's made a few decisions about where to put people that I don't agree with because I had other plans for those positions. In addition to that she's handling and organizing just about everything else as well. We have a big trip to NY City in October and she's handling organizing all of that too.. She won't delegate any jobs, and now she's taking over the few jobs any of the rest of us have. I sent her an e-mail tonight telling her that since she's already handling so much, she is welcome to allow me to handle the volunteers all on my own because I know she's so busy (what I really wanted to say was "Back the heck off!!"). I had to go visit one of the other boosters tonight to vent to her and tell her how I felt just to make sure I wasn't being petty, but she assured me she's been feeling the same way. Looks like we're going to have to have a heart to heart with our new president.. BTW- I've decided I will definitely be giving this job up once my term is over. Not so much because I don't enjoy it, but mostly because my kids are no longer happy in Marching Band and they will probably not participate again next year, so I will not want to be giving my time to a program my kids aren't involved in.. especially when they're involved in other things where I could donate my time to such as soccer and theater. Sorry for venting, but thanks for listening! Hope you're all having a great week! I suppose I should give an update as to how my new job is going... look for that post coming soon!