Aiden Boychuk chaired the amendment meeting. Orville gave a 10-minute presentation about the mail in ballots. He answered four questions from the floor. When Aiden called for the vote, there was no opposition from any of the 59 members who attended. There were another 25 people from the public.

I spoke to the public right after the amendment meeting. I remember Holger giving a speech about the amendment process, so I talked about the journey for this particular amendment—and how we worked civilly and efficiently with each other.

As I panned the audience, I saw that strange fellow I encountered at our party.

I explained how our TDG is going to be a model for future governance. And how we need to earn that right to govern.

When I panned again for that fellow, he was gone.

Then we had William Beller at the podium. William is a fairly new TDG member. He was elected as the neighborhood representative last year, representing the Cochrane neighborhood where the Baptist Church is located. The executive committee had some lively discussion about whether William should be a speaker as that would give the appearance of campaigning in his area. But a prevailing counter argument was that he was legitimately elected and this task might prove or disprove his capacity for governance. As the discussion continued, we decided to make a tradition that the sitting representative should be offered a speaking spot if a public meeting was in the representative's neighborhood. William was enthusiastic about the TDG, but his speaking skills were not great.

I thought of my first public speeches for the TDG, which were not great. Somehow Holger kept inviting me back to speak. I got better with practice. The same might be true for William.

Pete Williams closed the meeting and asked for donations. We got about $1200.

Another 11 people signed on as members. They were told of the 30-day membership requirement before gaining the right to vote, so they could not vote in the next election. A few were annoyed, but past experience told us that most of these people do get over it and remain as members.

I found my way to Ed Broncher later in the evening. I asked him, "Is your committee ready to go with those mail-in ballots?"

"We had a meeting two days ago. Len attended and offered his and Jackie's assistance with the ballot preparation. Betty and Aiden Boychuk are also coming. With them and the membership committee, it's going to take a few hours to stuff these envelopes correctly. We can make it work."

The morning began with passion like yesterday. Our part of the deal. And it was fun. The four of us dressed for the game and had breakfast at the hotel. Then we drove to the football game.

"You two will need to look like part of the team," said Francy's lover. So they bought us each a $60 football jersey.

When we got to our seats, our consorts were greeted by other male fans. It was clear these men knew each other. The women in our group didn't seem to be so friendly.

Francy and I took our cues from our crowd. So we cheered when our team scored. We booed the refs when a penalty was called against our team. Our two consorts and the other men were quite animated throughout the game. It was interesting people watching.

On the drive home, Francy and her fellow sat in the back seat. They were starting to get a little frisky. And eventually their noises made it clear that Francy was giving him oral sex. About 10 minutes after the deed, the two men had the idea that it was time to change the drivers. So we stopped the car for the front seat to trade places with the back seat.

I decided that I had given them enough of a story to tell their buddies next weekend or 20 years from now. I let him cuddle me, and he tried to manipulate our contact into something more. But I made it clear that we were not going any further. He complied.

We reached our apartment about  10:00 p.m. All four of us had jobs to get to next morning, so there wasn't any hint of more action. As Francy's and my suitcases were unloaded, we had a conversation that went like this:

Us: "Thanks for a wonderful weekend. We sure had fun. And thanks for the football jerseys."

Them: "You're welcome. We enjoyed your company. We'll see you at Ezzie's sometime soon."

And that was the way it was.