I allowed myself to be roped in to serve on the board of directors of a professional society. The organization will hold its annual conference over the next few days, so I'm off to be a part of it, including a board dinner tonight, board meeting tomorrow, and various educational programs thereafter. I've been feeling, of late, that my involvement in all of this is purely for show...not mine, theirs. The board is ineffective, not even involved. It's a showpiece for the person who really runs the show. I think I'll have some quiet conversations behind the scenes, expressing my displeasure with the way things are...and then wait to see what, if anything, changes. If nothing changes, I shall resign and direct my energies elsewhere. It's no skin off my nose. I do hate to be there just for show, particularly when all the expenses associated with my service are borne by me...travel, hotel, meals, registration fees, everything.
The one pleasantry with all this is that I get to see a very few people I enjoy being around and I get to remove myself from my office for awhile. On this trip, I get to hit the open road for awhile, too, since the event is only a few hundred miles from home.
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