Midpack
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I am used to club members who you can always count on to help organize and run events, thank heavens we have them. I am also used to club members who rarely if ever help at all (some can't spare the time) but they pay dues and attend events, and that's fine. And most everything in between.
But we have a prominent member, who is on the board, who runs events often and is always cheerful/social with all members. But he also constantly undermines the club, even subtly sabotages events run by others, and runs down some fellow board members pretty openly. He's retired, after an undistinguished career, and it almost seems like he's a garden variety complainer/whiner who just has an insatiable desire to 'be somebody.' He really doesn't have the skills to be a board member, but he volunteers/participates more than most so they just seem to 'take the bad with the good?'
I know the board should deal with him, but they all serve as unpaid volunteers.
I'm just puzzled by the behavior, passive-aggressive sorta, but that doesn't seem to fit. Bizarre...
But we have a prominent member, who is on the board, who runs events often and is always cheerful/social with all members. But he also constantly undermines the club, even subtly sabotages events run by others, and runs down some fellow board members pretty openly. He's retired, after an undistinguished career, and it almost seems like he's a garden variety complainer/whiner who just has an insatiable desire to 'be somebody.' He really doesn't have the skills to be a board member, but he volunteers/participates more than most so they just seem to 'take the bad with the good?'
I know the board should deal with him, but they all serve as unpaid volunteers.
I'm just puzzled by the behavior, passive-aggressive sorta, but that doesn't seem to fit. Bizarre...
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