In a message dated 10/25/2005 10:12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
(Some) women are just as competitive as (some) men; attend a meeting of a prospective fiber group (or any other group), and the very first thing that's talked about is determining the pecking order - president, vice president, other officers... Maybe things are different in Virginia, but in the groups I have belonged to, the biggest incentive for good attendance is that if you are absent you might find you were nominated for and voted into the presidency. There is a lace group in New Jersey that has had to change its by-laws about term limitations so that the same person can continue to serve as president until someone is born or inducted into the group who will take the gavel. As noted, before, the Lace Guild folded because no one would become president. My EGA can't fill any of its officerships. It has resorted to asking people to "share an office", ie. be co-president, on the theory, I guess that the other co-president will do the work and take the criticism. Our last EGA president was made president within about three months of joining the group. I once heard a man speaking with great enthusiasm of "running" for vice president of his Jaycees. I was astounded since vice presidencies in the groups I belong to are regarded in the same light as prison sentences. Sometimes someone will go to one with an air of resignation, rather than a fight, but no one ever campaigns for one. Or perhaps what you meant by pecking order is that the president is at the bottom of the pecking order? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
