It took a few years and a few more people to convince me and I ended up at the bottom of what might have been the largest ballot the guild has ever run with a pretty large group of people I would have liked to work with. Given that my voice is still heard on the education committee I don't feel at all bad about losing that election. I still get to do the work I think is important and fewer people try to tell me what I'm doing wrong.
It took a few years and a few more people to convince me and I ended up at the bottom of what might have been the largest ballot the guild has ever run with a pretty large group of people I would have liked to work with. Given that my voice is still heard on the education committee I don't feel at all bad about losing that election. I still get to do the work I think is important and fewer people try to tell me what I'm doing wrong.