This blog started as a means to give voice to my interest in holding office on the Board of Directors for the Pyrotechnics Guild International. I now hold that office of 1st Vice President.
The elections for PGI was in August and the elections for Mulberry Town Council were held in November. I did not run for the first time in over a decade and Dec 31, 2011 my term expired.
While I enjoyed working with those on the town council, I now find it very rewarding working with the members of the PGI Board.
There are many similarities between these positions. Both boards have 5 members, much of our duties require that one hear from the town members or guild members on their various frustrations over what the board is not doing for them. Whereas with the town council everyone was within a mile radius now the PGI board comes from 5 different states.
The primary focus now for the PGI Board is to bring together all the necessary details for hosting our annual convention at La Porte, IN Aug 11-17, 2012 I will write more about this in the future but I have already found this much more enjoyable than the job of serving on a town council.
For the town council we had regular monthly meetings and occasionally a second meeting per month. With the PGI we have 2 planning meets per year and the weeklong convention with the rest of our communication going on via the phone or email. This works very well for my routine and schedule as I use email constantly and except when sleeping am on-line much of the day 7 days of the week.
I will compare and contrast these board positions in the next post and begin describing the almost indescribable annual PGI Convention.
The theme this year is "Fire in the Sky"!
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