Life has been going by at several hundred miles per hour lately. Spring is finally here and the change in the weather has been motivating me to be as active as I can outside of work. Not like this is unusual for me this time of year; but this Spring in particular brings huge changes for me. Of which I am ready for but am still finding out just how much things are starting to change in ways I hadn't anticipated for both the good and the bad...

I did a few posts earlier about how I was running for the  mnfurs Board of Directors. When the votes were tallied, and re-counted I was elected to the board by a fair margin. I don't like to gloat so I am NOT going to. I'm still sticking behind the fact that I am doing this for the COMMUNITY and NOT for myself.

In addition to that, when the BoD re-assignment happened a few days later I was nominated to the position of Vice President by the rest of the board. Which also includes being the Community Lead. I accepted.

I've been running the Events team and working very closely with the rest of the board since the BoD at MNFurs was formed. Oddly enough... this didn't shock me when it happened and it feels quite natural. I feel like I've been working on the Board since before I was a Board member.

As Community Lead I am still Head of Events. Plus a lot more. It feels like I've been handed a new set of tools, but my actual "job" with MNFurs really hasn't changed. It's just evolved.

If I wouldn't have felt this level of confidence and comfortably the transition would have been a lot rougher. But I had the advantage of knowing what I was getting involved with. And I have every intention of being that person who watches over the community and sees that their needs are Addressed to the best I can be.

Being on a Board or Staff can be a thankless job. And you will get some that will turn the other way and paint a Target on your head. I'm used to dealing with Drama. Else I would not be so heavily involved in the Furry community, lets be honest here XD.

There was obviously some fallout from a few people when I got elected. I've gotten "the eye" a few times from a few people of whom I will not mention here. If you have a problem with me as a Board Director, that is okay. You are entitled to your opinion. And if I can over the next two years change that view I would be happy, but I know I CANNOT make EVERYONE happy.

The fact that the Majority of the Community AND the rest of the Board of Directors are confident in me means a Lot. All you can ask for in a position of service is for people to say "I have faith in the group and will support you". Believe me, hearing that from people is what keeps us going.

When I see the rest of the community enjoying MNFurs Events and just realizing how far we've come since it was a very small group of a Dozen individuals meeting up in a hole in the wall Chineese Restaurant twelve years ago it never ceases to amaze me. If I had a time machine and could tell my former self twelve years ago of where the local fur group would go, I know for a fact I'd watch as my past self's jaw hit the floor.

I feel very honored that I have had a hand in shaping and evolving  MNFurs into something only a select few Fur groups across the world can lay claim to: A registered Non-Profit organization that runs multiple large events and many smaller ones throughout the entire year. It goes well beyond running one large, single event once a year and then having nothing else to do. I fully back the convention we are running, but what keeps MNFurs unique is that we can run other events and provide events for our community to have fun with year round. From Picnics to Bowling events, Parades and working with other Non-Profits, its been very exciting.

So now it's time for me to step up to Bat, I'm committed and very excited to see where MNFurs is going to go in the next two years. Because believe me, things will evolve and change. And I will do everything in my power to see that much of that change is for Good.