PIper

Well, the Beta PIper is almost done, finally. It takes a lot of time and effort, at least for me. It doesn't seem that putting together a newsletter would take all that much time. Most of the articles are written for me, and I have a pretty good idea of what is going in and where.
There's just so much tweeking that is necessary. Finding pictures and converting them to what I want is also time consuming. Then there are the articles that I do have to write that take a reasonable amount of time each.
So, does that mean that writing isn't in my future or does it mean that I'm not very practised or what?
I'm not so sure, but it takes forever nonetheless.
I must admit however, that I really enjoy the feeling of having made the publication. This is the first one I've done essentially on my own and it looks pretty good. I'm quite proud of it.
This will also probably be the last one I do, assuming I get the position I want in the house. I've enjoyed alumni relations in many ways, but in other ways I realize that organizing events isn't my forte. I'm better at helping others in support and the big picture aspects that are important as a leader.
At the same time I've gotten a lot better at running events and understanding better what is involved. I realize how important Marketing is, and timeliness etc. I was plagued for a long time with the false belief that if you plan it, they will come sort of a mentality. Now, I think if I were alumni relations again I would do a much better job.
Still, I'm not sure that assuming I get elected to no other position, that I would do it again. I would actually like to be pledge educator. If McKean doesn't do it then Lesh will probably step up, but that doesn't mean I couldn't do it instead.
I really need to talk to Travis and Dustin and Fink and figure some shit out.
Otherwise things are good now that this PIper isn't hanging over my head, but I still need to finish the Parent Newsletter which shouldn't take too much time...

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