this might be my last post
tommorow morning i will be getting onto a plane and heading to Blueridge Mountain North Carolina. The YMCA is sending me to a national training retreat for the balance of the week.
This is part of a training program designed to help me learn the true meaning of the 'movement', start building a network of national contacts of like minded 'Y heads, and pass on some of the institutional fuzziness that is the hallmark of our succuess accross the country.
on a macro level i can only approve of taking middle management types from all over the country, sticking them in one place and indoctrainating the hell out of them in order to pass on what you think will help the organization as a whole.
on a macro level i approve of our 2 party policital democracy too.
it is being held on a beautifal 187 acre campus 30 miles from the closest hick town.
I received an email a week ago to prepare us for the event:
dorm style accomidations with 1-2 room mates per room.
3 hours of pre-work and reading (ill do it on the plane)
limited cell phone access(i guess that means none but im bringing it anyway)
no jeans.
no smoking.
no drinking.
group breakfast at 800am
meetings and discussions start at 900 and go thru the evening.
i have been told that there will be bonding exercises, busy work, and presentations all designed to drive home the core christrain values and government regulations that make our organization strong.
Im pretty sure that John Lithcow has outlawed dancing too.
If i dont survive. i love you all.
This is part of a training program designed to help me learn the true meaning of the 'movement', start building a network of national contacts of like minded 'Y heads, and pass on some of the institutional fuzziness that is the hallmark of our succuess accross the country.
on a macro level i can only approve of taking middle management types from all over the country, sticking them in one place and indoctrainating the hell out of them in order to pass on what you think will help the organization as a whole.
on a macro level i approve of our 2 party policital democracy too.
it is being held on a beautifal 187 acre campus 30 miles from the closest hick town.
I received an email a week ago to prepare us for the event:
dorm style accomidations with 1-2 room mates per room.
3 hours of pre-work and reading (ill do it on the plane)
limited cell phone access(i guess that means none but im bringing it anyway)
no jeans.
no smoking.
no drinking.
group breakfast at 800am
meetings and discussions start at 900 and go thru the evening.
i have been told that there will be bonding exercises, busy work, and presentations all designed to drive home the core christrain values and government regulations that make our organization strong.
Im pretty sure that John Lithcow has outlawed dancing too.
If i dont survive. i love you all.