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May. 21st, 2002 11:39 pmI was invited to Tree of Life's annual meeting tonight because they wanted to thank me for my occasional leading of Shabbat services. That's cool. I figured they were just going to have us stand up and have our names read or something, but they actually had award certificates for us so they called us up in front of the room. There seemed to be an official photographer who was taking pictures of everyone who was called up for any reason; I wonder where those pictures will end up.
On the way in Rabbi Berkun joked about charging me dues and I said something about reciprocity agreements being about more than just high-holy-day tickets. :-)
(The high holy days are the only time of year that most congregations limit attendance for services, because they're so crowded. Most of the time, if you belong to a congregation but are going to be somewhere else for those particular services -- out of town, for instance -- you have your shul send paperwork to your target shul and all is fine. The rest of the year, you can just show up anywhere you like.)
For the most part, of course, I didn't really know the people at the meeting tonight. Some I recognized from the morning minyan, and a couple from other things, but mostly not. Fair's fair; most of them presumably had no clue who I was. Still, even if it was just a minor blip on the radar for most people, it was nice that they think enough of me to formally say "thank you".
Tree of Life has a 15-member board of trustees and installed five new members tonight. So they, like Sinai, appear to turn over a third of the board each year. (They also do three-year terms.) They actually "installed" the new board members and officers, having them repeat an affirmation and all that. At Sinai, they held a vote and then said congratulations.
After the meeting there was a muscial performance that turned out to be something of a roast of the outgoing president. I wasn't expecting that. It was all in good fun, but I think I would see it as disincentive to take the job. :-)
Tomorrow night is Sinai's annual meeting. (What is it with annual meetings in late May?) I should really attend, being a board member
On the way in Rabbi Berkun joked about charging me dues and I said something about reciprocity agreements being about more than just high-holy-day tickets. :-)
(The high holy days are the only time of year that most congregations limit attendance for services, because they're so crowded. Most of the time, if you belong to a congregation but are going to be somewhere else for those particular services -- out of town, for instance -- you have your shul send paperwork to your target shul and all is fine. The rest of the year, you can just show up anywhere you like.)
For the most part, of course, I didn't really know the people at the meeting tonight. Some I recognized from the morning minyan, and a couple from other things, but mostly not. Fair's fair; most of them presumably had no clue who I was. Still, even if it was just a minor blip on the radar for most people, it was nice that they think enough of me to formally say "thank you".
Tree of Life has a 15-member board of trustees and installed five new members tonight. So they, like Sinai, appear to turn over a third of the board each year. (They also do three-year terms.) They actually "installed" the new board members and officers, having them repeat an affirmation and all that. At Sinai, they held a vote and then said congratulations.
After the meeting there was a muscial performance that turned out to be something of a roast of the outgoing president. I wasn't expecting that. It was all in good fun, but I think I would see it as disincentive to take the job. :-)
Tomorrow night is Sinai's annual meeting. (What is it with annual meetings in late May?) I should really attend, being a board member