HOLY COW!!!

The FMLA had it's largest meeting ever Monday night. I think the final tally was about 67 people crammed into the Bruce Concert Hall. We didn't have enough chairs so we had people sitting on the floors, sitting on the window sills, sitting in each other's laps. It was REALLY great having such a response. And we had lots of men show up...how cool is that?

I'm really glad that we have such a great officer structure set up. With that many people Monday night, I thought that we really sold the group well. If we didn't have such a great group of officers already in place with a summer of hard core planning under our belts, I don't think Monday's meeting would have come off in quite the same way that it did. The Officer corps this year is really strong. There isn't one weak link in the chain. Not one. To be honest, I think it's a bit like an all-star team of officers. Each person is energized about their position and is doing just the most extraordinary work. It makes being the Veep an easy job. Or as easy as it can be anyway.

Now we need to work on retention, which of course is the hard part. An officer's job is never done. While everyone else gets to bask in the glow of a great meeting, all of us officers have to plan out the next meeting so people want to keep coming back.

This year is going to rock!

A shout out to my sister Katie for helping me out with one of the pages of my website. You rock sis!


p.s.
The website for the group is www.fmlaunt.org . It's a REALLY well put together site. For those web designers out there, I'd like you all to take a look at it and pass along to us any advice. Our web designer is really talented at what she does and is always looking for constructive criticism.