Oy and vey. Back from a good rehearsal and routining session with Joan, and then a little saying hello thing in Encino, then back home and have just wasted an hour dealing with this alumni association thing. As you may remember, I've offered to take over the organization, but that I want it to be run differently. Well, the organizations two agitators (both past presidents who've done absolutely zero) are making it "him against us" and trying to canvas board members (we have four yea votes thus far - and we know that the two agitators will vote nay) but if they get to everyone and convince them to leave everything status quo, then they're done and I'm certainly done with them. I've sent an e-mail to everyone saying that I have no prob with a no vote because, as was suggested (not by me) at the Monday meeting, if the vote IS no I'll simply start a new alum organization in conjunction with the theater department (who has never wanted to deal with the current board and organization precisely because of who's running it). The way it is now, it's completely self-serving - they want (but are unable to) do things that benefit THEM as performers. How stupid. They keep trying to tell people that I'll be the "king" and I keep saying someone's got to be. More importantly, I've said that it's not about ME - it's about the organization - I'm not self-serving at all. I just want to help the department and alums.
As I said in my mass e-mail - sadly, some things never change - and these two people are behaving just as they did in school - it's high school in the worst possible way.
Now I must try to write something before I leave for Santa Monica.
