Type B.

I tell the parents in our PTA that I am "type B" all of the time.  Type B meaning that I am not one for details.  I live for creativity, flying by the seat of my pants when I need to, and the big picture. 
I love to take a step back and to think about how my decisions as PTA president will affect the future of our school.  I love to do large scale painting projects in the school building knowing they will be there for years to come. 
I do not love spreadsheets, counting anything, or exact details.  I want to hear that you got a special glue to make XYZ craft project work but I don't want to know what it was called, where you bought it or how much you paid. 
I think that my type B'ness is paying off.  There are so many type A's in our PTA.  These parents really have it all together.  They know how many bottles of water we need, what we did with the leftovers last year and where they are located in the school building.  They make sure that everyone has the size and color of shirt they need for our fundraiser day.  They keep the PTA machine running. 

I have run into just a little push back from some parents who are married to "how we always did it" as an action plan.  For instance, we planned our "Fall Festival" for AFTER Halloween this year.  Revolutionary!  A few were upset with me for changing it up but we want to try it this way this year and see how it goes.  Maybe there will be less schedule conflicts.  Maybe we will be able to get some good stuff on sale for our festival the day of!  I will let you know!