Since I've finished my last exams last week, I have now officially started my vacation. Last weekend I've been gaming a lot, since my (now officially graduated) little brother held a LAN party at our house. Even Brenda played along a few hours of Warcraft. Fun!

This morning I spent sleeping, I had some catching up to do from last weekend. Around 12 I got out of bed, had a nice breakfast and got on the train to Enschede. At 1600, after some nerding in the train and eating ice cream with flatmates in the hallway, I went to the Vrijhof. Pro Deo, my theatre sports club, has been looking for a new director for some time now, since Roel, one of the two directors, will quit coming year.

Since a potential director had been found, there was an introductory lesson where Pro Deo members could meet the director and give feedback about his or her teaching style. It turned out that this potential new director was Regine, an old Pro Deo director who I think is actually member of honour already. So, that should probably work out ok.

At first, I found she had a very direct and potentially negative way of putting criticism. There was a lot of focus on the downsides of the played scenes and how to improve on that. There was not so much attention for what went well. She also regularly interrupted scenes to give feedback, which my former directors did not do or not do so much. I have not yet decided whether I actually like this style, since it is now just "different". I was however impressed with the way she worded her thoughts, with only a few well chosen words the essence of a scene or her critique was transferred.

Tonight, an official member meeting (ALV) was held by Pro Deo. The time between the lesson and the meeting were spent eating and relaxing together, which added a lot to the overall niceness of the day. A key point during this meeting would be the vacancies in the board. The current treasurer would stand down, leaving two positions vacant. One was already filled by Marijn, but there was no treasurer found yet.

I myself have been thinking about taking up a position in the Pro Deo board. It has been something I have been wanting to do for a while now and I thought this would be the right moment. Initially, I did not want to take up the position of treasurer, since I had already done that for a year at [Inter-Actief]. Yet when last week discussion progressed, it seemed like a position as treasurer was a good idea anyway, since it required little introduction for me to get to work and allowed me to easily scale the amount of time invested in Pro Deo.

I had nearly actually committed myself to taking this position, but I eventually declined. I already have a lot of commitments and activities that cost me attention and time, so adding another one will only cause me to invest even less time in everything, making all the things I do a little less satisfactory. Having chronically too much things to do in too little time, I thought it best for both me and Pro Deo, that I did not squeeze Pro Deo somewhere in between all my things.

The ALV itself was a pretty long one, with a lot of useful suggestions from the participants. A few discussions were a lot longer than they should or could have been, but the end result was pretty ok. The vacancy of treasurer has also been filled, though only temporary, so the ALV ended well.

To finish the day, we went to the Vestingbar for some drinks and talking. The weather was great, so we spent the night outside on the terrace, with music and drinks. I've been doing some catching up with two of the Pro Deo ladies I didn't speak to for a while, having some very nice conversations (even with both of them at the same time! ;-p). But now, after a busy but very nice day and night, I can go to bed peacefully, knowing I won't have to get out in the morning. At all.