This week I spent more time working on the bylaws and fixing them up from the last meeting. We got many suggestions on how to improve the bylaws and make them more professional for the organization. On Monday, I worked on getting things ready for my meeting with Dr. Millard on Tuesday. I typed up the minutes of our last meeting so we could get his approval in the meeting. The meeting went well with Dr. Millard and although it was a little longer than usual, we got a lot of stuff done and finished the bylaws up (to I hope the final form). We will have to look at them at our next meeting to have the board members approve them, but I think they have come a long way from when we started them! I also sent out the minutes and bylaws to all the board members via email to look at before the next meeting. On Thursday, I worked on making copies of everything for each board member for our meeting this Tuesday. I hope that we will finally get them approved so that we can move on to something different and actually start our work with the community organizations.
My greatest joy this week was working with Dr. Millard on the bylaws, I feel like we got a lot accomplished this time and I just have to keep reminding myself that every step is a little closer to the end result!
My greatest challenge this week was really more to do with my paper than my project, but I just am feeling overwhelmed and am trying to figure out how to start and I really want to get more than a good grade, but to be able to effectively portray the importance of TJ and I’s project in my paper.
A leadership lesson I learned this week was the importance of really investing in someone else, Dr. Millard does a really good job of this. He doesn’t just take over and tell me what to write in the bylaws, but he explains everything I am doing so that I can understand and use the things I am learning later on.
Question: How is everyone feeling about the things you are learning from your project? Do you feel like you are able to apply leadership principles you have learned in the past? I know I have, even when I am not thinking about it!