Going gangbuster!

I attended the Executive Council meeting yesterday and have been given the green light on the mentor project! I'm thrilled and humbled at the same time. I also took on the responsibility of coordinating the program--drafting a message to go out in the bulletin and an article to appear in the quarterly newsletter. I'm simply happy as a lark.

While attending the meeting, and after offering my services on another project, I've taken on additional responsibilities. Adopt-a-university is the project, and I adopted my alma mater and another university (which of course, will remain nameless). So I contacted my Alumni Association to make sure I wasn't stepping on any toes by going directly to the History Dept of my alma mater and after talking with the VP (whom I've known by email for many years), find myself invited to the opening of a new history related facility at the university. Again, humbled and honored.

Sometime ago, I had inquired about the board of directors of the alumni association and never heard back from the person in charge. However, after speaking with the VP today, I find that I may be a board member sooner than anticipated. At least, if nothing else, I made it known that I would like to donate time instead of money. In-kind gifts often yield more than cash donations--particularly when cash for the donor is hard to come by.

The moral of this whole story? I'm not sure there's a moral but at least I am doing my best to further the history field via my professional organization and alma mater--not to mention my own ambitions of taking over the world. One piece at a time :)

-Cheers