@KejanHaynes I dont think people understand the nuances. It may not have been on the set agenda, given her term ends in September. However, if someone raises it at that point, it will be discussed..and in this case, it was.
Should it have been put on the agenda for next meeting, yes, sure.
@Llemmitllertond Don't let anybody dim your inherent radiance and erode your confidence. People's nasty comments are usually a sign of their own personal self-loathing.
The irony of it all. You were ok with the idea of it happening to somebody else. Now it has happened to you, you're blindsided? Cry me a river of tears. Reminds me of the story of the Woodcutter and the trees.....
1/4 - A shabbily-dressed woodcutter with a battered old axe once entered an ancient woodland filled with mighty oaks. He found a grove of the largest and oldest oak in the forest, bowed before them, and said,
6 - And then he took the axe and returned to the ancient wood, and with this new axe, he started felling the mighty old oaks left and right. As the oldest oak felt the axe chop into his bark and realised his doom was upon him, he cried out,
4 - You may take the sapling for whatever purpose you may have.โ
So the woodcutter cut down the sapling with his battered old axe.
The woodcutter took the ash wood home, and with it, he fashioned a new, stronger, bigger axe than ever before.
3 - Would you permit me to cut down such a tree?โ The oaks were greatly flattered by the woodcutterโs words, and said, โYes, woodcutter, we know of just the tree. There is a small, weak ash sapling nearby; it is of no significance to us ancient oaks.
2/4 - Oh, mighty lords of the forest, I ask that you may grant this simple, humble woodcutter one small request. I wish to cut down just one tree from your forest โ not one of you great oaks, of course, but perhaps a small tree of no importance.