A Local Association [2]

By law one must have seven people, three of which are office bearers, to set up an incorporated association is this jurisdiction. I now have 3 confirmed and 3 maybes. I am trying to get a balance of age groups (going well) and a balance of gender (not going so well, need more men).

Having failed at the last hurdle, in July 2010, to get an association up and running, through my own fault, I am taking a slower and more careful approach this time. "More haste less speed". I felt pressured because someone had tipped off the local newspaper and I had said we were forming an association imminently.

I had no desire to involve the media and was completely inexperienced in dealing with them. So I was anxious, exhausted, becoming sick, and losing the wider perspective after a long, mostly solo, effort on the nightclub issue. Well, I have learnt some lessons...