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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Leadership Gainesville Class 42

I am so thrilled to have been accepted into the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce's leadership program this year. Once a month for 9 months we meet and learn more about our community, our role in the community and how to be effective leaders in our community.

Class of 42 has 48 members of community members, business leaders, non-profit leaders and various other professionals. Its a great diverse group and I am enjoying meeting new peers and working with them.

The first meeting was a Saturday simulation society (aka Sim Soc) exercise. I won't get into details in case anyone reading this decides to do LG in the future. You really need to go into it not knowing anything about it. Luckily, those that I know who have done it felt the same way and kept me in the dark. All I can say is, I was "Red."

Yesterday was government and policy day and I learned a lot!! It also made me feel like a total slacker. Although I am on an advisory board for the Alachua/Gainesville Cultural Affairs board, I still felt like I really wasn't as involved as I should be. So I look forward to working on that.

So far it has been a great experience and I look forward to the next few months.

My smirky face because I DO NOT ever wear red. EVER!