My rant is about the rocks under rocks I'm finding in one of my hobby groups. The President dropped out due to health with no warning. We had made a commitment to do a big thing in 2017. I stepped in to help and found:
He had not even started the thing
The thing requires hours of paperwork, gathering all kinds of documents we should have but do not, basic documents such as bylaws, income and expense reports, Sec of State filing
He hadn't completed the Sec of State filing for the year and I had to rush in, figure out what needed to be done, and do it by the deadline
The president and secretary, both suffering from some dementia, claim they have no records in hard copy belonging to the organization, nothing passed on from previous President
The previous President is dead
The Vice President gave me a copy of the IRS letter he's been using for years--and I looked it up to find that our IRS exemption expired in 2010
and now for the final straw:
The Treasurer says she can't find $4,000 of our assets. that's more than half of our money
None of these people are able to respond to email and they are all hard of hearing, as am I, so it is difficult to talk to them on the phone. I have driven to each of their homes, sat with them at their dining room tables going over issues and whatever records they DO have. Its is one freaking mess and a huge time suck for me.
This organization will be dead in two years when we've finished helping with the big thing. All of this is just SO UNNECESSARY, if only these oldsters in charge had done what they were supposed to do, all they had to do was keep up the basic administrative documents and statuses. Putting it back together takes tons of time and for an org that will be dead soon, it's a waste of my life energy.
I'm up tonight worrying about it. I've drawn my line in the sand, will get the work done to X point. If that's not good enough to propel it all forward, that's too bad, but I am out.
Last edited by iris lilies; 1-7-16 at 1:51pm.
are there any other members who can help by taking over a small chunk and dealing with the particular oldster who was responsible for that? Losing all that money, wow. It sounds like the people running this outfit have collective dementia. i don't envy you but it's nice you are willing to stick it out with the big project.
There is only one other person of sound mind and body who can do stuff. She's the one who made the commitment to the Big Thing in 2017 and I stepped in to help her. The oldsters do not deserve my help, but she does.
Fortunately, my husband who is nicer than I am, agreed to serve as Vice President (while I take over as President.) His sole task is to find the damned money and he will be gentle with the little lady who told everyone that she rolled over the CD of $4000 but now claims not to know anything about it.
your DH done good
I wish the person sitting next to me at work would stop humming all day long. It's a tuneless sort of humming, very low, but it is driving me bananas.
Usually we only work together two hours a day. However, right now it's eight hours a day and I feel like clubbing him. I can't wear earplugs or listen to music or anything. I can't go work at another desk.
There is nothing likable about this person at all, by the way. I can't say that about a lot of people, honestly. This person, I just find him repulsive.
I wish the man I worked with would not greet me with "Top of the morning, to you!" every day.....he's not even Irish.
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
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