All Change Please

Just a short one this. An update, if you will.

After the madness of last Friday, we all thought we were in for a rather ugly ousting of the chairman, but a few days later, I received notification that he had resigned. I was very pleased, if a little bit sorry for the man, but now we can work on the development the club so sorely needs.

I was looking forward to the challenges that lay ahead. It was probably a formality that I was going to be involved with the new management in some shape or form, but I wasn't expecting it to happen so suddenly. On the same day, I received an e-mail from the secretary who notified me that I had been invited to become a Director. It turns out, the current directorship, (for there was 1 remaining director, after he withdrew his resignation), can appoint directors until the minimum quota is satisfied without the nomination and approval of the membership. So I can officially say now that I am a Director of Bedford Cricket Club. Will look good on the CV I suppose!

There's a long road of recovery and development ahead. And it is a challenge that we are all taking on voluntarily. My life at work is steady and non-complicated, which is exactly what I need, but I am being paid for the priviledge of course. This, I am not. And I am going to need to be as vocal and opinionated as I was at the EGM last Friday, if I am to become a valued member of the board. It will be a challenge, not just for us as management, but for me in my own personal development.

You could even go as far to say, it's important for my own personal comeback. It is a recent view I have taken that I am making a comeback in being as confident as I was up to the age of 17. The old days of performing monologues in front of 500 people, remembering lines and actions, being confident in myself to perform well in exams and refereeing football matches. All that confidence vanished along with my self-esteem, but now I am making a recovery.

Onwards.