U me aur hum - A review

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Mr President

The office bearer elections have been held and the executive committee has been formed.

We are a full fledged Toastmasters club now.

I have been elected as the President! The election was conducted as transparently as possible – with an advanced Toastmaster who was not going to become a member of the club, chairing the meeting. Even I didn’t know beforehand who had nominated himself/herself for which role. However, immediately after the election, I faced an ego issue among some people.

We had 3 nominations each for the roles VP-Education and VP-Public Relations. Since the work required is huge, and so as not to disappoint anybody, we decided, in fact I decided to ask the runners up to take up the backup roles and

The eventual winners, who just previous to the elections were expressing interest in resolving the roles amicably without an election, were now taking on airs and refusing to work with the runners up.

I had to call separate meetings with respective parties and had a polite but firm talk with the team members to ensure that they work together. The situation seems to be under control as of now. Let’s see what the future brings.

The whole experience has been so enriching. When we started off, just 3 or 4 of us had the faith that we would eventually make it. But today there is a palpable enthusiasm running across the office. Many people are approaching me as well as the other office bearers about joining the club. It’s very encouraging. In fact there were various people who initially said that there’s no place for such whims in our office. The same people are now approaching us again wanting to join the club. I guess this is basic human psychology. When there’s no structure, people don’t want to get their hands dirty. But when they see a set stage they also want to share the limelight. I guess it’s an achievement on all our parts that we have successfully effected this change in the people.

Hope to have an even brighter future.