let me be the first

Let me be the first! I hereby nominate Elaine B to fill the empty slot at UCO left by the retirement of Phyllis Richland.  As back ground.  A few years ago there was an on going commercial about two brothers sitting around the dinner table.  They were being offered a cereal to eat.  They both looked at each other with a pained expression on their face and then they suddenly they turned to their little brother and said,  “give it to Mikey…. Mikey likes it! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEXzx-TINc)

Well based on your sage observation that Phyllis’s extra commitments as a member of UCO that any resident “even a renter” could do it, I ask all those committed souls, our fellow Village leaders to get behind this idea. According to Elaine B, the job description is so mundane that one only has to peruse the Palm Beach County speakers list, call some one up and using your magical gifts of persuasion they will rush to Century Village and provide us with the information they have to offer. How easy this seems.

  All you have to do is make a club house room reservation, advertise the event, move the tables and set the stage, and be there at the door greeting the guests. And of course, if the event is a success, you step back, and let the top official take the kudos for the activity.  I hope your ego is strong enough for this. I hope you can also squeeze some time into your very active day, when you are not at the key board telling all about the weather and the marvelous creatures that inhabit our Village, and spend some time at UCO to learn the ins-and-outs of the state and federal programs that are available to our needy Villagers.  The only requirement is “broad shoulders, and a compassionate heart". Oh yes, you do need very broad shoulders because many of the elderly really need just a person to listen to them and cry with them and hold their hand and provide a bit of relief from their burdens.

If all of this seems a bit to much, why not seek out a “renter” who has time on their hands to fill this gap.

How marvelous it is when you can sit in a “cat bird seat” and just with a few simple sentences trivialize the efforts of others. As a politician from Texas observed its easy to walk in others shoes even if they don’t have legs.

 

Villagers please support this nomination. Thank you!