And now... just about 2 months in this new term... i am terribly worried. Worry things won't smooth, worry that club won't improve, worried about the relationship among committees.... including my own relationship with all of them. How come it become much much much more complex compare to last term? I try to figure out and analyze from different sources... Try to elaborate and decide to make something like a report. I collect information from the committees point of view and i will trynot to put my judgement inside. Basicly there are several problem that I found.
- GAP
Although i have told myself that there is not such gap between old BOD and new BOD, i couldn't deny that me myself didn't feel sense of unity in my club. Some of old BOD tell me that they are so regret and disapointed that they held the emerge meeting and point out problem they saw during the exhibition week. After that night, they feek that their every sigle deed will be observed by people and they will have no excuse to do mistake... because they feel that once they o mistake, people will start cursing them. I told them not to thing too muchbut they persist that at themoment they decise to be the BAD PEOPLE who stand out and telling the truth even they know many people will get offended, they have sacrificed their relstionship and feel like it's hard to mix around with new BOD.
- PERCEPTION
2nd problem is their perception. Perception that said we are NEW BOD and we are OLD BOD. This is actually create a gap between them. I am a part of OLD BOD. That's why I appreciate what i used to have in 12th INTIMA LEO CLUB. Even during that term it can be said that we start everything from 0. Maybe because our past leader fail to lead us in the proper way, we know that is not an excuse that stop is from improving. We learn everything from our own and others mistakes... even though the process is bitter... but we did it happily.
We know that we learnt something and the most important is we do it happily and we work as a team. From NOTHING to atleast A THING... and maybe here is the THING! We, OLD BOD tend to compare this term with last term(whether consiously or unconsiously). It's because we can't accept that particular THING is lost... since we exchange it with our whole year's efford. We don't want to see the feeling just gone.
I admit that our expectation is kind of selfishness because i woun't be fair to expect all the new BOD to have the same level of emotion toward the club... that just entered... We should actually help them to build that sense of feeling instead of keep give them pressure by comparing. It will make them even down.
So from now... we should dare to LET GO... We should learn to accept, accept current us. This is what we are now... so what? We can start again from the beginning. Don't blaming,complaining, and regret to ourselves and others because it just can't help much. What we can do now is stand together as 1, as 13th INTIMA LEO CLUB, together we can make changes to be better.
I used to think this way... maybe because the new guys feel that we too care and will always make sure eevrything to be smooth, it indirectly make them too rely on us. Maybe last year, when we(as new BOD join committees and realize that there is actually no one to guide us, no one to worry about us, so that we will try our best to learn by ourselves... maybe this year the situation is different, they know even they didn't do every thing good, we will settle for them... so they always looks relax and out of the situation. I said maybe. I maybe wrong. But at the 1st, they really give me such a feeling like this.
Ops, another important thing to add on, this is feedback from 1 of old BOD... How do they mix around with new BOD when even their perception... at the very beginning have already different. Let me make it clear. There are 2 types of perception among people in the club.
For some people, once you join a club as committees, you are trusten to bear a responsible and for that, you must be proffesional and can't use assignment, test, presentation ect as an excuse when there is any thing regarding club's events or activities. You must contribute your time and work together no matter how long (even to the early morning). This is what said by team work and most of the time,was true friendship build during this period... we work together o achieve certain goal... we share same hope. This is what they call effective.
For another half people, they have higher expectation toward themselves. For them, study and society must be balance and there is no way for them to sacrifice their study to do event things til very late when there is the test on teh next day. For them, effective not suppose to work till very late. Effective is using shortest time to accomplish certain things... together, of course.
When their perception toward the word "contribution" is already different. How can i expect them to be the same? Who right, who wrong? How can we judge them? Their reason are acceptable. Our purpose coming here is to study... for most of us, the result we get may decide our future, it may change the rest of our life. How you expect them to neglet their study? For the 1st party, their intention to spend so much time is good... remember, they are not being paid and still, they have that kind of spirit, i salute to that kind of people.
EXPECTATION
For me myself, i couldn't accept if there is any free riders around me... no matter in doing assignment or in the club. This even make me frustate... till i receive an email from my senior, she told me not to expect too much from pthers. when you expect too much and when things not going on as what you wish, you will suffer.
Everybody may have their own expectation. The level of one's expectation may be different from other's. It's not a bad thing to have expectation whether to ourselves or to others. Expectation to ourselves is a kind of motivation to improve. When you expect others to do something, it's because you care... you expect them to change, expect them to be better. Once again... it's depend on individual. You can't determine and compare one's expectation with others'. One's highest expectation may only considered as satisfy to others.
Maybe for me, the term "contribute" is to work together with others, maybe for other people, be with them and make jokes to entertaint those who working is kind of contribute. For another person, maybe they don't even need to be there... just find atime to gather we all and said some words to motivate others is a contribution also for them. This is what i mean everybody has different expectation to themselves and we can't force others to do the way we think is right. Because of these all different style of people, we have a chance to learn how to be passion, how to accept, and how to respect.
Beside this. one's expectation to others is also one of the proble. Maybe we think someone is not good enough... it's because we expect somemthing from him. Why we don't blame others? Why just him? It's because for you, he is the one who capable to brings the club to be better... You expect soo much from him so when you didn't see improvement, you will start to blame him. But have you ever put yoursellf in his shoe and think about him? Will it be fair to him? When you expect something from him, obviously he also has right to expect something from you. You comparing him with others, he will also comparing you with others. Maybe he used to be a very succesful leader. But it is a long time a go, A thing happen not just because of certain person or certain reason. It has to be supported by many reasons;the condition?the timing? his previous committees? and also the environment. Now everything are changed and you can't be so selfish till just put all the responsibility to change or improve the club on his shoulder.
Attitude
This is also a serious problem. I observe there are many wrong attitude that we have... including me, If i am considered as a sensitive person. I guess many people can;t get the word
'play hard, work hard, study hard' The attitude is already wrong. Once you play with them, when there is the time to be serious,they can't manage to show you that they are capable to be a serious person. Such a dissapointed thing to me...
Respect
We also lack of respect... which is very very important no matter where you go.
I hope things will be better and we can united as 1... This too, will pass. Everything will be better


