31/12: Hermitage Board New Year's Resolutions
1--Find checkbook. Email Tom and Tyler to find out where it is.
2--Pay bank fee for bounced check. Wait, first transfer money from money market account into checking account.
3--Start work on posting the 2008 tax return; no, better skip the 2008 return, that would just bring up ugly facts that would discourage potential donors. And 2009 would just show the enormous legal fees we got from suing everyone and then paying that annoying blogger to drop her countersuit. Start work on the 2010 return, now that would show everyone how we are looking to the future.
4--Add new at-large members, people previously unassociated with the great public controversy, to show how shelter has entered a new, positive phase. Screen thoroughly by not making application process public or announcing openings, just approach people privately.
5-Wait, make sure new board members are only at-large members, and not in an executive position, and don't add so many that they could actually overrule the 3 officers who made, and continue to make all decisions of substance.
6--Continue stonewalling. Over time, people are sure to forget what has happened, and goodness knows, it's much easier to play mental games with ourselves and pretend we still have the respect of the community. Why make a painful self-examination and grow from openly dealing with a mistake by publicly acknowledging doing wrong, entering a dialog and making true change?
7--Scapegoat Mary Jo Spring. Everything was caused solely by a rogue executive director who got out of hand, we were only doing what we thought was best for the cats.
2--Pay bank fee for bounced check. Wait, first transfer money from money market account into checking account.
3--Start work on posting the 2008 tax return; no, better skip the 2008 return, that would just bring up ugly facts that would discourage potential donors. And 2009 would just show the enormous legal fees we got from suing everyone and then paying that annoying blogger to drop her countersuit. Start work on the 2010 return, now that would show everyone how we are looking to the future.
4--Add new at-large members, people previously unassociated with the great public controversy, to show how shelter has entered a new, positive phase. Screen thoroughly by not making application process public or announcing openings, just approach people privately.
5-Wait, make sure new board members are only at-large members, and not in an executive position, and don't add so many that they could actually overrule the 3 officers who made, and continue to make all decisions of substance.
6--Continue stonewalling. Over time, people are sure to forget what has happened, and goodness knows, it's much easier to play mental games with ourselves and pretend we still have the respect of the community. Why make a painful self-examination and grow from openly dealing with a mistake by publicly acknowledging doing wrong, entering a dialog and making true change?
7--Scapegoat Mary Jo Spring. Everything was caused solely by a rogue executive director who got out of hand, we were only doing what we thought was best for the cats.
