Monday, July 26, 2010

We All Have Our Vices

File this one under, we all have our vices, and that includes me, but in this instance, I am the vice.  Vice-President, that is.  Of Congregation Adas Emuno.

I was asked if I would serve, and agreed, and so, on June 16, at our annual Congregational meeting, I was elected Vice-President, for a two-year term.  As you may recall, I have been a member of the Board of Trustees of Adas Emuno for several years now.  Our By-Laws are a bit different from what I'm used to, as the Officers are elected for two-year terms, whereas Trustees are elected for 3-year terms, so officers are distinct from Trustees.

Congregation Adas Emuno is a small Reform Jewish Temple in Leonia, New Jersey.  You may have caught my previous post about starting up a congregational blog:  Adas Emuno Now Blogging.  The blog's address is http://adasemuno.blogspot.com, and you can see the post about my new post (and the rest of the changing of the guard regarding the Officers and Board of Trustees) here: New Leadership and Trustees for Adas Emuno.

The nice thing about this vice thing is that there are no specific duties--that's an old story when it comes to vice-presidencies.  Of course, there's no senate (or sanhedrin) for me to preside over, but I expect that my cup will be overrun before long.  Until then, I will not weep over becoming the veep.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congradulations...:-) mazal tov..
a big honor...

My late husband and I were founding members of a small reform temple in Mass we we even helped to give it a name, and the torah sat in our basement for awhile when my husband repaired the ark... he was one of the
people who helped create bylaws in the ritual committee while I worked and argued in the school committee...
Talia

Lance Strate said...

Thank you, Talia, for your good wishes and sharing your own experiences. You are quite right, it is a big honor indeed.