On Dec 5, 10:35 am, Bullwinkle wrote:

Like I said: disgraceful.

As the well known quote goes:

"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat
it." (Socrates).

Keeping at least SOME members of the board during the transition is
the BEST way to teach that history to the new board, and IMHO is the
best way to help the SSA from repeating any of the past mistakes. To
throw the new members of a board into the water just to see if they
will sink or swim is also disgraceful.

I too serve as a volunteer on the board of directors of TWO
international professional societies, and have served on the BoD of
organizations in decline.

When nobody else volunteers, would you prefer that the organization
fold up when there are no directors left??? That would be most
disgraceful. If that's truly your wish, please feel free to resign
from the SSA.

I for one am grateful for the directors that discovered the problems
with SSA, brought them into the open, effected some change to IMPROVE
the SSA, and are still volunteering to help rebuild, reinforce and
reestablish a viable organization that serves the sport (or hobby, if
you want to draw that distinction). There are some directors that
should find it appropriate to resign -- there are some that I support
and sincerely hope will continue their (volunteer) service to SSA.
Some "sub-organizations" (e.g., Region 12/SoCal Soaring) have put
together fund raisers to help defray the cost of a board members'
service to the region and SSA, and I have gladly contributed to these.

Yes, you're entitled to your opinion. Rather than yell "FIRE" in the
theater, pull together some facts, apply a little reason and ask
yourself if throwing them all out would really be the best thing to
do. Yes, I find myself feeling that way about our all to parochial
lawmakers...but putting in a 100% new batch of people that have no
idea how sausage is made is a recipe for instant disaster, IMHO.

-Pete
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