The Burden of Command

Your humble scribe is pleased to announce that last night, at the Annual General Meeting of the Mississauga Arts Council, he was designated as the new President and Chair of the Board. Technically, the official appointment will take place at our next Board meeting this coming Tuesday with the election of executive officers, but as I was VP, and the President retired yesterday, and no-one else (ominously perhaps) has indicated interest, I assume responsibilities, such as they are, in the interim, or interregnum.

Lamentably, I have not been able to convince anyone that it is their duty to take a bullet for me. I have begun to refer to my car as Pontiac One.

This is MAC's 25th year, and it should be a noteworthy one. The creation of a new Arts Volunteer of the Year Award named for my predecessor Bev Ryan was announced last night as well. Look for its first presentation this October at our annual Mississauga Arts Awards.

For those of you not intimately familiar with the arts in Mississauga, we are dealing with the ramifications of a report tabled by a special taskforce appointed by Mayor Hazel McCallion to review the scope of the city's arts funding and responsibilities. Heady stuff indeed - details can be found on MAC's website linked from this page. We're happy with the end result, but not everyone is, particularly some political heavy hitters. Further updates as events warrant.

Suffice to say for now that I'm wearing something of a bullseye.