Hello all i am so happy that this is here. I am 30 years old I have been placed on a board of directors. I am the youngest participant there and I am a woman the board is mostly dominated by older men and business men at that who have been involved in this organization for years. I am finding it increasingly hard to attend theses meetings lately due to level of commitment physical exhaustion and politics between the various members. Now I have injected myself into it in several different ways which include alerting the board chair of another board member who was gossiping about him and seeking to influence an election which created distrust between myself and the person and possibly my fellow colleagues, I also tend to speak alot at the board meetings and when I started I also tended to get alot of feedback from people to not talk so much and ask other members about things since they have been there longer. I also find they they have high expectations of my participation in events and meetings which are very frequent and require me to be present on weekends and weeknights. When i could not participate as frequently, people tended to ask me how i was doing and in return I would ask for their reassurance feedback how i am doing
It seems like the board just wants to push thier agenda and not really change anything thier mind is set on decisions and I am concerned that my personality does not fit in and at this point my input is not as valuable and I am even becoming an annoyance

my husbands employer is on my board as well and he says not to upset her.

I want to prosper here but also get along with everyone and at the same time be myself and make a difference

Any feedback for this situation is appreciated

Thank you guys