Wednesday, May 27, 2026

letting my voice be heard: part 2

Another night, another group of people, this time American Legion members, for the most part.
Yes, it was yet another meeting for the Two First Posts planning committee, but this was well attended.
For Post 36, there was Doug Andrews, Joe Cetti, Billy Cope, and me.
For Post 500, there was John Parker, Larry Jackson, Eric Bolden, Brenda Pough, Sabrina Scales, and Eddie Patterson.
Plus, this time, we had Kat Hancock.
That was good, as the contract for her business to take control of the kitchen and bar had been revised and was the major topic tonight.
Doug had taken the initial contract Mike (Kojik) and Kat had started and rewritten it, along with some cosmetic changes from me.
With Kat tonight, we all of us went through the new version from Doug.
That ended up taking about 90 minutes, especially as Section 3.4 contained items that drew objections from Kat about revenue sharing.
Doug had me rewrite that on the spot!
Then, to further clear up the language about another objectionable clause, he asked me to rewrite it again!!!
I was thrilled to do so, too.
They all waited while I hand-wrote the changed version, then I read it aloud as Brenda recorded me doing so.
I offered to retype it on the contract later, and Doug was only too happy to pass off that duty to me.
Good!
I'm so glad to have found my voice in these meetings!
 
I'm also glad that tangible and visible progress has been made.
The new exterior doors required by the Fire Marshal have been installed, though the jambs are not quite completed.
That should happen in the next day or so.
 
The previous front doors will then be installed into the new wall on the ballroom, which is looking very good, thanks to Eric, our building manager.
He set up all the new LIfetime chairs for tonight's meeting.
They look very nice, don't they?
I think we'll be glad to have renters of this space now!
Hopefully, just one more meeting before we open for business...
and hopefully it will not last four hours, like this one did. 
(smile!

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