"Congratulations, Eli!" Justine beamed at me. "You'll make a good father."
The other executive committee members chimed in with similar greetings.
"And the five of us put a little money together for a little present for Sky. For all her years on the TDG," said Sally. They handed me a gift box.
Justine chanted a prayer for our baby, in Tankosin. The others joined in. I was almost in tears.
We discussed the election results. While there was a change out of one person with this election, we substituted an "old" person for a younger person. Those new members between 30 and 35 seem not to have brought back the Tankosin tradition to put older people in charge.
"Maybe we should raise the age to 40 for next year," said Zach.
"Maybe it is time to move faster," I said, "The sooner we can get all Tankosin people in the TDG way, the better."
"Well, we have almost a year before the next election. Let's bring this up at next meeting," concluded Justine.
"I got an email from Len. He wants a meeting with us." I reported.
"About what?" asked Zach.
"Riverbend and Battenor County are talking about merging. They are wondering about bringing the Tankosin TDG into this merger."
"That sounds interesting. I think we should see what they have to say."
