June - The Month Of Conversation.

.....I received an e-mail today from someone who wants to apply to be on the June Faire Board of Directors. In the past, my thoughts would have gone towards how the experience would help them grow or improve their skill set. But this time I felt a definite change in focus in my way of thinking. This time my thoughts went to how I would have to interact with them and how the rest of the Board would have to interact with them. It didn't take much thought at all to determine that this person would not fit into the current Board.

.....Which means a heavy duty conversation with this person sometime in the next couple of weeks, with them going home disappointed as I'm fairly positive that the rest of the Financial Committee would agree with my assessment.

.....This is sad on some levels as in the past I would have given much more consideration towards working directly with this person to help them interact with the rest of the Board and maybe back up those attributes they were lacking. But I, myself, learned several valuable lessons this year on that subject. The amount of energy this path requires is often much more than initially realized. How much time and energy do I have to support this path? Definitely a consideration.

.....The other converation involves the rumor mill. A rumor surfaced at June Faire involving one of our favorite Baronial Busy-Bodies. In the past I might have been hesitant in confronting this person. Not so much anymore. This particular person needs to realize that their actions and words are monitored and that if those actions and words are harmful to those around them or to the Barony as a whole, they WILL be confronted. They may not stop their behavior, but they may start becoming more careful as to what they say and to whom they say it.

.....I'm becoming old and rather 'Ralg-Like'. I'm losing some of the patience I used to have for things like this. In some ways this is good in that problems are confronted and solved earlier. But not so good in the fact that poor decisions made by innocent people who are still learning may cause them some suffering. I will definitely have to work on paying more attention on what I say and to whom I say it.

.....I think maybe I'm tired and crabby this evening. Definitely still in June Faire Recovery Mode (tm). :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.