<VV> BoD has deaf ears? Scared?

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James - Your observations are too rational and even minded for the current
Corsa debate. You should keep these opinions to yourself.  Lon


> All:  My I suggest unless you are currently on the CORSA BoD you probably
> do
> not know what they are working on.  It takes some time to get all details
> worked out on any proposal.  After all, we want them to think thru
> everything looking for possible unintentional consequences.  Remember act
> in
> haste, repent in leisure.
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> How many of you read Jamie Reinhart's posting on the CORSA web sight?
> Jamie's proposal on the CORSA web site is reasonable, but not written in
> stone.  It is probably why he is CORSA President.  Enough of the BoD
> bought
> into it enough to want him to proceed.  I take this a good thing and an
> indication the BoD is responding to the current situation and is very
> thoughtful about the future.  I also have a high degree of confidence in
> Jamie, and in Jason Cesana and Allen Bristow.  Tim Mahler also still being
> on the BoD is also a asset in my mind.  I think we are in good hands.  I
> just hope we have enough time to deal with the current situations.
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> As a parent and grandparent, I know the young ones sometime think I am
> deaf
> because I do not immediately respond affirmatively to their
> request/demands.
> You've been there, done that.  And we all know not responding is not the
> same as not hearing.
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> Sometimes some of you do not play nice with our elected leadership.  You
> did
> vote for them, didn't we?  My guess most of you did not, according to the
> vote totals.  (Well, we know Hank didn't.)  Calling them names does not
> endear you to them.  It is sometimes very difficult for leadership to
> separate the message from the (choose all that fit: obnoxious, vulgar,
> insulting. condescending) messenger.  I have a relative who is a jerk at
> best, someone I really do not want to be around, but many years ago I
> realized just because he is a jerk doesn't mean he is wrong all the time.
> So I learned to separate the message from the messenger, which came in
> handy
> with him and in some leadership/supervisor positions I've had since then,
> including when I was on the BoD's.
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> Sometimes when you send some thing to the BoD - your grand idea which is
> certain to fix all that of CORSA ills - you fail to follow up with the BoD
> members from your division.  Do you ever engage them in discussion, or
> just
> expect them to salute your idea posted on V-V?
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> Serving on the BoD is a team effort.  It takes some time to learn to work
> as
> a team.  My observation is a lot of BoD members come from the leadership
> of
> Chapters, where they know the other officers and the members personally.
> Dropping yourself into a group where you may not know most of the other
> members is a culture shock.  And any team has a culture, ever changing as
> members come and go.  So it takes some adjustment and time to learn how
> the
> team works as a team.  Some of the long past, recent past and current
> internal differences are the result of the culture shock.  It takes some
> time to work thru, while trying to get work done.  Some people never get
> it.
> At Cat, until the team concept was well established and most everybody had
> team training, each new team had a day set aside off site for some basic
> team training time.  The BoD does not have that luxury.  Their training is
> done on the fly, sometimes with members who have no experience in working
> with strangers is a stressful team environment.
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> Historically Yours,
>                    James Rice
>                    CORSA member since mid-70's
>                    Former Chairman of the Competition Committee
>                    Member of original CPF Advisorary Committee
>                    CORSA/CPF BoD member and CPF Liaison 1999-01
>                    Occasional contributor to the Communique
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