gubberningbody
gubberningbody you certainly described it well. I remember the WTS saying elder meetings are not to be longer than one or two hours, yet some of our meetings went 6 hours. My wife hated those elder meetings. Then the constant battles between the elders either trying to remove an elder from being the po or trying to remove an elder from being an elder. I loved how they decided on how to promote brothers they liked and what excuses to give brothers they did not like on why they are not being used in the congregation.
I don't miss the JC meetings in judging others. The fishing for intimate information and deciding if they should be df or not. I remember where a sister received public reproof because of her tears of repentance, yet the brother that was with her was df because he did not show tears of repentance. Also they arrived that he enjoyed and encouraged the relationship more than her. The congregation was puzzled how one can be df and another not in this mutual relationship.
Though the WTS continually says how the elders are appreciated and how the congregation should appreciate their hard work, it still was a thankless job.