As readers of this blog know, I am on my co-op's board. Tonight we held our third yearly meeting, where we failed to reach a quorum. Given that our apartments are sizable investments, it surprises me that so few people show up for our yearly meeting. Tonight, we had only 33% of the shareholders present that we would need to have an official meeting.
Unlike most co-op board meetings, I can talk about what we discussed tonight, as it occurred in a public forum. Before people showed up, I made reference to my transgender nature because one person didn't respect our co-op's president and deferred to me because I often present as a white male. (Little does he know!) I asked this woman whether she thinks it is because she is black or if she is female. And she thinks that it's a little bit of both. That's when I showed her a couple of pictures of RQS, noting that RQS is what used to be called as "passable". (Later on, RQS reminded me that when summer comes, one can more easily see the color in her skin.)
There was a point where our president passed a question to me to answer, and I mentioned a lot of things to explain why we can't give more notice for potential maintenance increases. Hopefully, I was able to satisfy the shareholder's need for an answer.
I was glad when the meeting ended, as I was tired and wanted to go home to rest. And after my nightly call to RQS, rest I did....
