Warren.King@p3.f140.n271.z1.fidonet.org (Warren King) (06/01/90)
Index Number: 8571 In a message to Warren King <20 May 90 23:42:00> Betty Draughon wrote: BD> Well, Son, I wasn't feeling peaceful when you signed yourself BD> off as "just another" ANYthing. Hope the church meeting went well. > WK> Isn't it strange how the most violent arguments come up in a CHURCH > WK> board meeting. BD> After all these years, I'm accustomed to that. People get sort BD> of hostile when you talk about spending "their" money. > WK> I am the guy who has to always ask for the approval to spend money > WK> because I am the director of the stewardship and finance department. > WK> Therefore, I am usually right in the thick of it! Well, I lived through another church board meeting!! People wonder why I am as short as I am, they ought to attend some of these meetings where I get "cut down" for asking for money, they would never ask again! It is difficult to lead the battle when the ones you are fighting for don't appear to be very interested. We are in the process of approving plans to renovate our educational and social wing to make it comply with fire saftey and handicapped accessibility. It is an old building with NO way to get in without going up or down a flight of stairs and is 4 floors without an accessible bathroom in the structure. What is making the fight difficult is that I am the only "acknowledged" handicapped person in the congregation. There are probably 30 to 40 who can not use that building because of the stairs or because of the bathrooms who are older members of the congregation, but they are not "Handicapped"! The amazed look that I got from the architect when I told him that I would like to see the renovated building without a door knob in it was priceless. "But, YOU don't have any problems with turning a door knob, do you?" Not to mention how I lost his attention when I mentioned the idea of rails in the hallways! "You need to talk to the Renovation Committee about that, I only do what they tell me to." If only the ones who need to use the new features were not the opposed to spending the money! I can not understand why people can not acknowledge the problems with failing health and then DO something about it other than withdraw completely. Well, I had better stop this now. At least I have been successful in getting these things put into the plans, even over the objections of a former trustee. This gentleman reminds me of someone on the this echo whom we all love and admire :>. He has a brain tumor that makes him very irrational at times and he has come to have a fixation on certain topics, at which he becomes vehement and almost violent. -Warren- "YOUR modem pal!" -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!271!140.3!Warren.King Internet: Warren.King@p3.f140.n271.z1.fidonet.org