Silver Linings

• I will save about a thousand dollars a year on dog boarding.
• I will no longer have to listen politely to raving loons.
• I can unsubscribe to MPol because I have no need for the three grains of value per thousand posts generated by the hate-filled crazy people on it.
• I will not have to deal with Tony Lash, Tom Taffee, or Barry Levine in Portland.
• I get 50 or so hours of time back each month.
• I don’t have to hold back and be politically correct and sensitive to people’s feelings on my blog.
• I can enter the PRP and other competitions, just like a regular member with full rights.
• Less email. Way less email.
• I won’t have to pretend that I think the vaunted “Strategic Plan” has any meaning. I can shout “the emperor has no clothes” from the rooftops.
• No more proofing the Bulletin, InterLink, FRED, and other materials.
• No more meaningless quarterly reports.
• I can stop telling people “NO.” As in “No, you can’t use the logo that way.” “No, you can’t be a dick on the forums.” “No, you can’t distribute membership data without a release.” “No, I can’t make the butthead stop harassing you on your unofficial elist.” “No, we’re not going to print your moronic article.”
• I won't have to get in the middle of the conflict between the AMC and the bullying tactics of the ombudsman.
• Now that I’m not TPTB, the ombudsman might take my side if I push for action regarding the continued seriously damaging libel about me on the web.
• I can put away my big brass balls and stop doing the difficult, right things instead of the easy, popular things.
• I no longer have to research and consult members before making decisions only to be flogged for not researching and consulting enough, sooner.
• I can take on projects because they interest me, not because "but Robin, you're the only one who can..."
• Less writing.
• More desktop space.
• Fewer deadlines.
• I can be safe from arrows I endured because others on the AMC were too chicken to speak up to the membership.
• I can sit back and be amused as little forward-thinking action is taken while concerned members whine about how “we have to find ways to engage the younger members.”
• Annual Gatherings will be for fun, not for work.
• No one will complain about the cost of my dinner.