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You are a success as a civic leader, that takes a special commitment - and a lot of patience. If you think your community needs you to do more, go for it.
My closest experience is 10 years on the board of directors of our credit union and a horrible year as president of the Chamber of Commerce. As a business owner I am used to making decisions and implementing them.
The Board gig was pretty much like running a business.
Our Chamber of Commerce is composed of volunteers with agendas for spending other people's money. I was dealing with a lot of people with "great" ideas and no clue how to implement any of them. By the time those (like you) with experience dealt with the nuts and bolts of implementing anything, the idea geniuses were off on another tangent. It was a year of frustration and an education in why government is so expensive and so inefficient.
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