Over the past few years, I’ve got myself into a fairly unique situation. Whilst not holding any particular position of responsibility (or power), I’ve become heavily involved in the policy making, interpretation and general strategy of the student union. But now I think it’s time to stop.

It has got to the point where my involvement in the Union is no longer a hobby or an interest, but it has become a burden. When I spend a typical day glossing over the lack of communication between the president and his webeditor, dodging the marketing manager who is trying to employ me to make up for the webeditor and president’s mutual lack of communication, discussing the ins and outs of club administration to some (foolish) students who wish to take over an abandonded club I used to be involved in, going to a strategy meeting for another club, avoiding that club’s committe meeting but spending that time talking to former students about the first, then listening to a recount of the second, moving on to the discussion of contingency, and the subtle differences between expected and anticipated expenditure, then smoothing over the lack of communication between the webeditor and the president (again, but with the other half of the pair), as well as the webeditors poor attempt at interface design, and also having avoided the attempts to get me on Coucil, House Committee, and enquiries about which sabbatical position I would be running for, then it might be time for a lifestyle change.

So, from the early hours of Wednesday (when I was sitting on my couch mulling it over), I will no longer be involved in non-club activities. I will be a Dramsoc tech, the ICMotorClub webeditor, and not much else.

So in the words of Eric Cartman:
Screw you guys, I’m going home.