Domain of Leadership
Sep. 7th, 2001 05:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
batskeetsSo apparently, my domain name expires tomorrow, unless I renew it. It seems like I just got the bloody thing, and now two years are already over. O_o;;;; It seems like yesterday that I started all this webbery back on Geoshitties, and now I've had a domain for two *years*... uh oh, NOSTALGIA FEELINGS!
I have officially begun being all presidential and started a discussion on the gaming club list. I feel all compelled to bring greatness to the club now that I'm in charge, so I'm talking about holding weekly events for the first month of the term, instead of our usual bi-weekly events. And I'm thinking about making baked goods to give away, or something.
It feels odd for me to be in a position of leadership. I mean, it's one thing to be in charge of a web site, as my hobbies or my jobs dictate, but in that particular case it's just me supervising myself. And that's easy. You don't have to read anyone's mind, because you already know what you want to do, and there's no one to argue with you about it.
But in the case of the club, I'm trying to make the club a fun, interesting, and appealing organization for as many people as possible, and that's hard, especially when trying to get volunteers to help out. Plenty of people are cool with participating, but quite a few people would probably rather not volunteer to be in charge of even a smallish event. Usually, I'm also one of those non-volunteering people, but Gamex IV changed that, so now here I am in the seat of authority. Weird.
It doesn't seem to be that unsuited to me now though. I feel that I lack a certain charisma that most great leaders throughout history have posessed, but I've always been comfortable with the "thoughtful, silent guide" role, so maybe that's what I'll be in the coming months. Less pizazz, more substance. Heh, one can hope.
I have officially begun being all presidential and started a discussion on the gaming club list. I feel all compelled to bring greatness to the club now that I'm in charge, so I'm talking about holding weekly events for the first month of the term, instead of our usual bi-weekly events. And I'm thinking about making baked goods to give away, or something.
It feels odd for me to be in a position of leadership. I mean, it's one thing to be in charge of a web site, as my hobbies or my jobs dictate, but in that particular case it's just me supervising myself. And that's easy. You don't have to read anyone's mind, because you already know what you want to do, and there's no one to argue with you about it.
But in the case of the club, I'm trying to make the club a fun, interesting, and appealing organization for as many people as possible, and that's hard, especially when trying to get volunteers to help out. Plenty of people are cool with participating, but quite a few people would probably rather not volunteer to be in charge of even a smallish event. Usually, I'm also one of those non-volunteering people, but Gamex IV changed that, so now here I am in the seat of authority. Weird.
It doesn't seem to be that unsuited to me now though. I feel that I lack a certain charisma that most great leaders throughout history have posessed, but I've always been comfortable with the "thoughtful, silent guide" role, so maybe that's what I'll be in the coming months. Less pizazz, more substance. Heh, one can hope.
