<VV> BoD has deaf ears? Scared?

[James P. Rice]

Lon:  Thank you.  Big belly laugh on this end.

Truth is I wrote two fire-bombs but didn't send them.  Gave myself some time
to look for possible unintentional consequences and remembered to not act in
haste, so I didn't have to repent in leisure.

I'm leaving in the morning to go to Rd Amer to the vintage event there where
John Fitch is being honored.  He is at the top of my very short list of
heroes.  He is 93, so the chances to say thank you to him are getting fewer
and fewer.

I probably will not be back on-line till Tues, as I have a Dr's appointment
Mon am and a grandparent duty in the afternoon.  It'll be interesting to see
what comes across over the next 5 days.

Later.

Historically Yours,
			James

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:04:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: corvairs at pacifier.com
Subject: Re: <VV> BoD has deaf ears?  Scared?
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> 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