how did i get roped into this?

it was my first building AGM (or whatever you'd call it) last night. we met with other flat owners and the guy we pay to be in overall charge of our building. after last year's account had gone through without anyone spotting a massive error (i hadn't been able to attend), i'd seriously done my homework and had lots of questions. which i guess explains why, half an hour later when discussing who the board members should be, the woman behind me asked if i wanted to have a go. 'god no!', was my reply. as there were three members already, i couldn't see the point. the chairman then said that a fourth one wouldn't go amiss. as if i hadn't got the point yet, the secretary also started telling me all about it and after 5 minutes of everyone telling me i should do it, well, what could i do?

on a side note, it was really nice to meet more people who live in my building. after more than a year, i think i'd barely met 4-5 real occupants. after the meeting, we got talking about various other things, and we were then invited to share a glass of champagne with the chairman of the board. because of my current water/insurance problem with the company, i'd worked myself up to thinking it was going to be a terrible and exhausting experience but in the end it was quite good.