Ok, enough convincing Jill
...I did call her back. Left her a message. She called me back and it was a little discouraging. The whole A.I. thing is still new thing that the alumnae are trying to figure it out. She said that another alum was going to nationals and let them know of my persuit and that I should be recieving a call from her...when?...don't know. The alum also mentioned that this could take anywhere from a month to a year. She also said that it is unusual that I am seeking them when it's them that do the seeking. What gets me frustrated is that I already mentioned to them that I have been in contact with nationals and they passed me on to them and now it's going back up to them. Whatever happened to "Let's meet and get to know you first and move on from there..." It was a discouraging conversion in my opinion. On the other hand, Org #2 was also new to the concept of A.I. but welcomed me with open arms (during recruitment they had me join in with them on a chant/clap thing and introduce my self to PNM and I know I totally messed up the rhythm but they were like "it's ok, don't worry about") and are ready for me to take the A.I. process next year. Sometimes the choice seems so obvious to me but at the same time the "what if's" take over my head.
Well, more updates later.
~TCV