RE: RE: NC ride

["Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

Jim:

You state <<<<Anyway, if Directors really want to
consult their constituents, how about a "formal" way through
the web site
for BOD members to poll their online membership on how they
feel about
various issues?>>>

I do not see the Directors bitching on line. I see many
members and perhaps some non-members continually criticizing
the Board actions and the PROPOSED Board motions.

It is  not up to the Directors to wheedle out of the
members, answers to the problems associated with the
membership. You, the members of AERC, voted into position
the current Directors, and persist in maintaining many of
these Directors by providing no competition for their
position. Yet the membership continually complains about
what the Board does. If you feel they are not performing up
to your standards then promote a change. If you have certain
desires you wish promoted then it is up to you to contact
your Regional Directors as well as the Directors-at-Large.

Question not the Directors ,but question yourself! Ask, Am I
making my interests well known to my representatives on the
Board? If the answer is not an emphatic YES then start a
constructive dialogue with them.

Bob Morris

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Holland [mailto:lanconn@tds.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 10:04 AM
To: Bob Morris
Cc: Onefarmgirl@aol.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: RE: NC ride


Bob...

Maybe so...but attending the Annual Meeting is not practical
for most of
us. It's difficult enough to find the time and $$$ to attend
the
Convention. I've only managed to do that once.  All of the
BOD are
online and I believe that Mike said that 60% or so of the
members are on
line? Not sure of that number.  Anyway, if Directors really
want to
consult their consituents, how about a "formal" way through
the web site
for BOD members to poll their online membership on how they
feel about
various issues? Vote or comment through the same mechanism
you use to
change your online info using your AERC number. Better
profile than a
few more attendees at the Annual Meeting.

Jim, Sun of Dimanche and Mahada Magic

> Bob Morris wrote:
>
> <<<In any case, at a minimum we need to clarify the roles
and
> relationships. >>>
>
> Sorry to disagree but at a minimum we need more of the
membership to
> take an interest in the procedures of the AERC Board and
to attend the
> Annual Meeting (no, not the convention but the Annual
Meeting) and
> express exactly what they want to see the BoD accomplish.
If you
> don't attend the Annual meeting or have a continuous
dialog with your
> Regional Directors and the Directors-at-Large then you do
not have
> reason to query what happens.
>
> Bob
>
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: Onefarmgirl@aol.com
[mailto:Onefarmgirl@aol.com]
>      Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 9:10 AM
>      To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>      Subject: RC: NC ride
>
>      Well, ain't I a babe in the woods?   It would have
never
>      occured to me in a million years that AERC was not
>      supporting and helping coordinate the AERC National
>      Championship ride.   I like, uh, don't get it.
>
>      Seems we have a fundamental conceptual
misunderstanding
>      here, which needs to be resolved.  Is this THE annual
>      national championship for our sport?  If so, I
believe it
>      should be coordinated and funded (or at least
overseen) by
>      the national office.  If it is just a regular
sactioned
>      ride, no different from any other, the national
office has
>      NO additional role aside from that performed for all
rides.
>
>      My own one-man's-opinion is that the National
Championship
>      rides, which I have never had the good fortune to
attend,
>      should be a unique, structured AERC event, with
appropriate
>      guidance and direction from the national office.
>
>      In any case, at a minimum we need to clarify the
roles and
>      relationships.
>
>      More input from our BOD members??
>
>      pat farmer


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