Two very good and important questions Rich! And to the point.
Mike Ostby
On Oct 14, 2016 1:55 PM, <richsilv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think I am going to have to give a “I disagree” to this post… At least
parts of it…
Why does “stronger” mean “more and bigger launches”?
I think if a basic problem right now is “lack of participation” then both
“more” and/or “bigger” is just going to make it worse…
And I think, in this context, Richard, isn’t the term “Participation”
fairly targeted at “Actively Helping Out”?
So I will toss a question of my own out there…
Why aren’t people “participating”?
And
How do we find out why they aren’t participating?
*From:* roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
*On Behalf Of *R Dierking
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*Subject:* [roc-chat] ROC Election and Being a Strong Club
Several of the self-noms mentioned that they would like to help ROC a
stronger club. Sorry, I can’t quote because I misplaced the statements
after I voted. Thanks to all the people that stepped forward btw.
To me, a stronger club doesn’t just mean more members. A bigger club,
yes. But stronger, not necessarily, and more members that are not actively
participating could actually make it weaker.
So, why have a strong club?
For us, we hold rocket launches. So stronger suggests more and bigger
launches. However, for a volunteer organization the most important thing
about being stronger is that everyone has the opportunity to have a good
time doing it. There’s enough people helping for the chosen activities
that the club is resilient and enjoyable to all.
A weak club takes a toll on the people trying to keep it going.
Richard Dierking
TRA L2 11366
