My good friend and room mate always talked about his meetings with the L.A.C.C.C. he would talk about running for office in their volunteer group and how he truly believed he had the leadership skills it takes to lead a group and hold an office of Chair or President of that group.
For about two years, off and on, I would, on occasion, attend these meetings with him and I had to admit that each time I left a meeting I walked away more informed in some way be it informed on our system and what was about to transpire for the Dept. of Mental Health or perhaps other issues such as certain bills that were being presented and how it would effect social security or those with disabilities.
So off and on I would meet his colleagues and became semi familiar with everyone. I thought they were a most precious group. People who held a lot of talent and were very smart. People who had a lot to bring to any table. One is known for being an excellent fundraiser, another for orginization and so forth and so on.
It was amazing how when each one would tell a little bit about their background, the degrees some of these people held. They are all very perceptive and they pick up on the heart of every matter, their senses are right on.
It was at one meeting in 2010 that they were nominating people for their re-elections for their officers and my room mate raised his hand and said "I would like to nominate Rose Hugh for corresponding secretary" I thought I was going to fall through the floor!
Are you out of your mind? I can't do that, what am I going to say? You mean I have to stand up in front of everyone and give a mini speech worthy of a persuasive vote to hold the office of corresponding secretary? Yeah, right. Good Luck.
I didn't know which way to go but forward so I accepted the nomination. I stood and told briefly about myself and how I enjoyed these meetings and how much I believed in them as a group. The next thing I knew the votes were tallied and I was being welcomed in as Corresponding Secretary.
That was 2010 and now it's 2012 and I've since been able to be Corresponding Secretary for two years now and this past year have held a seat as Vice Chair of the Steering Committee. How I won that one I will never know.
It's not that I don't believe in myself it's just that a lot of longevity people were running for Vice Chair of the Steering Committee and once again, I made a hole in the floor when they announced that I had won for Vice Chair of Steering. Well, not a literal hole in the floor but not far from it.
It's been a wonderful two years actively volunteering with them and it's not to say it hasn't had it's challenges but overall it's been exciting being part of their team, helping them move forward to be all they want to be.
More later....
