Ed, I did not run for the board until I asked the incoming president about her
policy on the flow of information. She assured me that there would be no
restrictions, with the exception of executive session, for legitimate purposes.
Prior to that time there was an expectation of privacy, or so it seemed to me,
that the membership would get any information they needed from the minutes and
that there would be no other communications. Had that policy been continued, I
would not have run.
Democracy is messy. It is supposed to be. The people should never be sheltered
from the process or the information because the power comes from them and we
serve them at their delegation.
I think the board has done pretty well with that over the years, although some
might disagree, but it remains a constant point of suspicion and needs to be
constantly reinforced with open communications. The problem is in knowing what
information people actually want. I personally do not need a blow by blow
record of all conversation, cross talk and burps. Some do. I just want to know
the decisions and the reasoning in brief.
I also want to know that any member of the board is available to talk about it
and discuss it with the members. Messy? Of course. So what?
Dave
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Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Question for candidates
Stormy mentioned that there are about 2000-2500 GSDCA members on this list!
Over the years to my memory very few BOD members have communicated regularly on
this list with list members. Dave , Carolyn, Joan, Zoe, Gary, LanaLee, Tish,
and a few others have been active while serving on the board. My question is "
How are you going to communicate with members".... I think there is a real
perception of "disconnect" with the board and the membership in the recent
past. I.e long hair class at the national, white dog standard change, three
year St Louis National, And let me say I am NOT making a value judgement good
or bad on those three issues, but it appears that the overwhelming majority of
club members were against all three of those issues..... Had there been more
communication between Board and Membership perhaps we could have avoided most
of the animosity these topics created on both sides..... It's hard to reach and
communicate with large groups of people... Multi media and social media have
solved this problem ,....I ain't voting for anyone who won't eat BBQ! Sorry
Iza! lol FB
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