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So, the PTA saga continues, and this time, I have a Lifetime Movie quality report. I'm so excited by this, I just wish I was better at writing dialogue so I could actually do the script and get it sold. Short of a murder (which, given what I've seen, may be in the works) I can't think of anything fictional that could be added.

A week ago yesterday (Thursday) the PTA had it's Executive Board Nominations for the '09-'10 school year. Simple enough--a committee had been formed, against Miss Thang's wishes--and they collected a scant handful of volunteers. They did the best they could with what they had, and Miss Thang was not nominated by the committee for the Top Spot. She was left with 2nd place again--and it was obvious that she was NOT happy.

There appears to be a woman, the newsletter woman actually, operating behind the scenes. She issues commands and these other women jump to fulfill them. This wouldn't be a problem, if any of these twits had a clue about the by-laws. She, and they, have operated the past 2 years as if there was no such thing--they are a law unto themselves.

And they think that they and only they, have the right to nominate anyone.

Considering that they have effectively offended, ignored, used, manipulated, and blamed nearly everyone who doesn't fit into their clique, there are more than a few unhappy parents who have just plain given up on the PTA accomplishing anything.

Anyway, during the meeting, Miss Thang jumped up and ran, boobs all jiggling, across the room, to the Behind Woman. They pow-wowed (and yes, it was a whispering pow-wow) and then Miss Thang skittered back to her place, and awaited her nomination for president. And it happened.

During the time they pow-wowed (I honestly think they felt that the meeting should have just stopped and waited for them), they missed several nominations--from the committee AND from the floor. They paid attention, however, when the current secretary/presidential nominee's hubby was nominated for treasurer.

The big stink was that 2 years ago--how we ended up with this collective of idiocy and self-importance--a similar situation arose. It's also how the Behind Woman (she really needs a better nick, but stay with me on this one) ended up not being president--her H, Limp Dishrag Man, got treasurer.

Again, they never consulted the by-laws, which allows this, and they don't have a mature and sensible brain among them, or they'd know that all they'd have to do is not have the president (said treasurer's wife) be able to sign checks, act like adults in any tie vote or conflict, and make sure the books were audited by an outside source every year. It's been done before and it's not a problem.

And it's still NOT a problem--voting doesn't take place until the end of April. By nominating Miss Thang, they've kept it from being a done-deal.

The problem is that Miss Thang, who doesn't know a minute from an agenda, apparently, was counting on being named president, since she's been Acting President. She's gone so far as to just forget that she's the acting president, and identified herself as the president.

The other thing about the by-laws is that she thinks that if she's the default-president, she can get the nominations voided (she's run through every reason she can think of, and has had Limp Dishrag Man threaten to send the by-laws to a CPA--what kind of legal advice does a CPA give I wonder) and name a nominating committee herself. The president, according to the by-laws, has nothing, zip, nada, to do with the nominating and voting. She can nominate, she can vote--just like any member, but she cannot, cannot, cannot, be on the committee(s), or handle the information or ballots.

Miss Thang apparently believes that if she voids the nominations as they currently stand, she will be able to run for president unopposed, and continue their reign of indifference.

They've also begun harrassing the current secretary/presidential nominee, her H, and totally discounted the few of us who are not stuck up their asses in the process. Little does she know that, as My Sweetie pointed out, I love a good fight.

And I have embraced the dark side--I was nominated (a fact which Miss Thang didn't catch or chose to ignore) for secretary, and given the current nuclear wasteland of a tantrum Miss Thang is throwing, have made it clear that "we" cannot have her run unopposed for ANY office. She needs to actually EARN whatever she ends up with, and if she thinks she's going to get on the board again and make life a living hell for the rest of us, she's got another think coming.

Fortunately, in beginning to speak up last January, many other people have also begun speaking up, stepping up, and wanting to make changes.

Basically, I've accepted that my being in a position of responsibility on the PTA is a calling--and that adds it to my mission from God.

*sigh* I just wish He didn't trust me so much.