Category: Joke Board
This poem will ring true to anyone who has ever served on a committee or nonprofit board...
Oh give me some pity, I'm on a committee, Which means that from morning to night, We attend, and amend, and contend, and defend Without a conclusion in sight.
We confer and concur, we defer and demur, And reiterate all of our thoughts.
We revise the agenda with frequent addenda, And consider a load of reports.
We compose and propose, we suppose and oppose, And the points of procedure are fun!
But though various notions are brought up as motions, There's terribly little gets done.
We resolve and absolve, but we never dissolve, Since it's out of the question for us.
What a shattering pity to end our committee, Where else could we make such a fuss.
Jesus christ, how true that can be.
It's absolutely true, at least in my experience. I was on a nonprofit board for three agonizing years and never saw anything get accomplished.
amen
Gosh, it's so true! If anyone's ever had a long, drawn-out IEP meeting, you know what I mean. I E P means Individual Educational Plan. If you're in special Ed in th US public schools, you probably had an IEP.
Aye, muy verdad!