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Lesson Learned
I learned kind of a hard lesson my first year as Advisory Board Chairman so I thought I'd share.
I got to know the Recruitment Chairman and really all the officers really well. I got pretty attached to them - just like to friends my age. We had a "discipline" issue - kind of a big one - that involved some of my favorite women and the little sister of the Recruitment Chair. I was devastated that some of the girls I was really impressed by had been involved in this whole ordeal and it made it hard for me to separate my personal feelings for these women from what was best for the chapter. And when we tried to handle the case of the RC's little sis, she and I ended up in a screaming match during which she was unbelievably disrespectful to me.
So I learned to be very careful about the nature of the relationships I form with the chapter members. I try to make sure I keep a step back and stay more of an advisor and less of a friend. I made sure they all knew how much I really felt blessed to be working with them and that I would do anything to help them but that my primary role was making sure the chapter was doing everything by the book.
Good luck to you and thank you for giving of your self so that other women can experience what we have! Being an advisor can be both challenging and very rewarding!
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