So many emotions this morning. Last night was nothing short of amazing.
Beginning my second year of Presidency of the Knoxville Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute, we kicked the year off with our annual Awards Gala. My first time as president, back in 07-08, I was "in the middle" of everything surrounding the Gala...helping with design, signage, events, you name it.
This time around, it was the opposite. Total opposite. Between the lingering effects of my cancer battle, the demands of the new job and the overload of moving my mother home from Florida, I had less than zero bandwidth to deal with any of it. Even worse, I've been so far on overload that a LOT of these kinds of details aren't even on my radar until it's too late.
Enter the incredible tribe of friends that is my CSI Chapter. Amazing people like Geoffrey Cavalier, AIA, CSI, who has helped me stay focused, on task and kept me sane at times when I just wanted to walk away. Lauretta Cocke, one of my mentees back the first time around, who now is doing an amazing job with the City of Knoxville Codes Office.
The biggest two names are my two rocks...the Dynamic Duo of our Chapter, Kathy Proctor and Suzan Jordan, who did a simply masterful job of...well...EVERYTHING with regard to pulling our event together and making it a success.
People often ask me how hard it is to be a Chapter President and the answer is "it is not". The role of the President is to see the vision of the future, design the path and then hand out the strategic tasks while being a cheerleader. The rest will just magically happen. Not really "brain surgery"...just caring for your people and letting them care for you in return.
And in all of my career, I've never seen such an incredible outpouring of support as what I witnessed last night. As I said on my FB post, I'm humbled. Incredibly.
Let's make this next year a huge success. Let's roll, Pop.
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1moSo well-deserved! Here’s to one of the top performers in the business and an A+ human being!!!!! Congratulations!!