Oh dear, I miss my old supervisor. I know the transition is always hard for everyone. So here is the deal. I have a LOT of urgent things I need to talk through, a computer issue that had drug on for a month and ways to accept money. I started going directly to the people who know and asking questions (they moved up deadlines and then sent him to 2 full day trainings).
So today I missed our meeting because my son parked my car too close to a fire hydrant and it was towed. I still got to morning program at 6:30 am and my son took care of everything. I didn't have the car by the time of our meeting so we did a phone check in. He said up front that he didn't have time for a full check in, he reminded me of one urgent thing, and then we spent 10 minutes talking about a movie night I host. I have done it 2 years and the families love it and are asking about it. He said that his supervisor and the head of the department are concerned with taking things off my plate, and want me to focus on quality programming. Honestly this is an extra, but it takes minimal time, earns a little money, and the community loves it. I explained my point of view, and he just kept talking about it saying he hoped I understood, but did not directly say no, don't do it. OMG!! It is not the most important thing I do! So i gave him a date to tell me if I could do it or not, said I would talk to anyone who wanted to know more and got off the phone. I think that I could say something like that much earlier next time and that would help. Also I think writing agendas before meeting with him and taking the lead will be helpful, I could use any hints. He seems to have a hard time saying no directly.
How does the head of our department have time to think about this when I still don't have a second computer or an answer on parent-paid programming, a totally new area for me this year.