Post-summit musings

I could at least say that the second summit was a success. The effort of the two week preparation paid off after the whole day activity was brought to an end with the governor as the guest speaker and oath taking of new officers took place.

As much as I wanted the summit to be a loose network of individuals and groups, it turned out to be a structured and a “highly evolved organism” after the election. Their idea is however, easy to comprehend. People still want hierarchy. The need for authority and leaders is I think still culturally embedded in the system. Structure continues to be a fetish. I cannot blame them after all; I am just a part of all of this. This, I have to accept. The output was overwhelming. One particular case was when I found out that a high school guidance counselor attended the summit, paid the registration fee just to see and find out what an LGBT organization looks like. It got me thinking of an idea to create a project solely for guidance counselors in schools...something like…”understanding the LGBT community” thing..

Now that it is on its second year, and I see the population and awareness of the community growing, the organization is now prone to a lot of things. First, power begets jealousy. Second, the organization is prone to be used by other organizations and individuals for their personal gain. Third, it is prone to die if not well nurtured.

Anyway, pragmatism is the way to go. Working with what is practical and what I think, they think would work for them. Let’s just see if this works. (ZanortePride)