It is a little hard keeping up with a lot of the rubbish being espoused on this discussion list, must be a change in the weather or the moon's phases at the moment?.
I am a little confused by the constant reference to the undemocratic system of GFA. It doesn't appear too different from the national political system. If you want to serve, and have some great (even radical) ideas, you only have to convince enough people that you are serious and are prepared to put in the hard work to convince the population that your idea is worth the effort. Unfortunately the most vocal writers to this list are not contributing in any way to the sport, happy to just do what they want to do, but loving to tell everyone else that what they are doing is wrong - easiest job in the world! David Lawley or others who want to see some improvement can get onto the GFA Board and save us all. David, I assume you are on your club committee, if you have some ideas, why not get your fellow club members to let you attend the SAGA meeting (just like John Hudson has done, and David Conway, and Nigel and Anne etc). Then, if your ideas have merit, it won't take much to get SAGA to appoint you to the GFA Board. Then you get to give up 5 weekends a year and spend as much time as you can spare to seek views from your constituents so that you can lead the GFA along the 'right path'. Not too hard at all, and certainly meets my definition of democracy. It is easy for some of the normal doom sayers and critics on this list who do "bugger all" to be critical of outcomes or the pace of change, but then again you don't have to balance your thinking with that of others across the country, do you? All that said, I strongly disagree with any push to extend the terms of the board or executive members. There is no need, and if you just leave the incumbents doing the job then there is no incentive for anyone else to 'stand up'. It sounds like the issue is around a lack of succession planning. It won't be good if they all expire at the same time, so I encourage a few people to step down a little earlier to ensure a better transition. Maybe we should support an Aus-Soaring delegate to represent this group on the GFA board to replace the current members - we could lobby ourselves? Disclaimer - I don't use a spellchecker and have fat fingers, so any errors are typos not spelling mistakes. Terry Quoting David Lawley <davidlaw...@hotmail.com>: > > If that is so there is no way I am having half of my brain removed so > I can be a part of the administration, otherwise I am apparently > well qualified (-: ! > > Fact is I wouldnt want to get involved in the current system, which > is a classic example of groupthink. Like the Borg in star trek, > people are either assimilated or die (leave in frustration). Even > those with the best of ideas and intention are effected. > > Stop it please Rolf I am dying of laughter here, I am afraid that if > you have radical ides for change you can forget it you can't get > elected to the board without being part of the groupthink mentality > that has a gerrymander on the current undemocratic system by which > the board is chosen. > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
