This is actually more of a rant then a question so please feel free to ignore it completely. It needed to come out somewhere safe before it comes out somewhere that could/would create a negative impact!

I became PTO president a month or so ago after the other president resignedfor an assortment of reasons. The impact on the PTO wasn't positive ornegative by the resignation, it is what it is and we are moving forward.

That being said... there is oneboard member who I know has the worlds BEST intentions. She is also constantly over booking herself, in every other committee members business, and not getting her items handled. The speed of light doesn't move fast enough for this lady most days it seems.

She and the last president were very tight and I am starting to feel like this lady probably ran the PTO, to a large extent, through her recommendations and such to the last president. Basically she was always in the know and a busy body trying to fix things. We had several "executive decisions" made by these ladies that were then told to the board. A practice that irritated many but nothing was ever done about it. It is a practice I don't intend to carry forward though. She claims to want change and to better the organization but I wonder at times if she isn't missing the forest for the trees as the saying goes.

I have a few new ideas. Nothing radical but ways I prefer to handle things from past experience to help improve things. She is the constant stone wall though. I have had more run ins with her in the last month then I have ever had with anyone else. I do my best to respond in a positive, polite fashion, and she normally ends up saying she "agrees" or "likes" the changes but then when it comes to implementing them... that doesn't happen. She is the one I have to be the strictest and sternest with about policy, etc. She wants a "policy" in place for everything, creates havoc trying to implement policies that don't exist in situations that I have all ready assured her (and shown her) I could/can/will handle when the timing is right, and then seems to directly ignore the policies/procedures I am trying to implement for the betterment of the board/organization.

I am not trying to be difficult. I have clearly stated that if this idea or that concept doesn't work we can reevaluate the situation moving forward. I need for her to understand that and to slow down, back up, do her job and let the rest of the universe (and board) do their jobs. I like her and don't want to create major issues but I can see us getting to that point, especially if she continues to try to micromanage everyone, especially me! My type A personality can only take so much....