[DeTomaso] Mike Drew

[Dick Koch]

After my last post and as an occasional lurker on the forum I noticed 
the recent posts on the timeliness of the POCA publications.  Two points 
- first, in reference to my last post, "Memories", the unique stories 
about folk's Pantera ownership could be used as content for a POCA 
publication.

Second, I would like to add an analogy that reinforces Leslie Gray's 
statement, "Personality and performance are two completely separate 
issues some of you seem to confuse for one and the same."  As Leslie 
stated, it has nothing to do with the value of Mike Drew as a member of 
the Pantera community, which is considerable.

I live in an architecturally controlled development, known as a Home 
Owners Association or HOA.  The HOA Board of Directors that runs this 
place, elected annually, is all volunteer.  The members of this board 
are my neighbors and friends.  However, the board has not been been 
stepping up to their agreed to task of maintaining the neighborhood 
common grounds and enforcing the architectural standards.

As such the home values have not kept up to other comparable 
neighborhoods.  If a change is not made to find folks that will live up 
to the duties for which they volunteered, the home values will continue 
to decline relative to other neighborhoods, with very few people able to 
sell their homes, with the resultant stagnation of home values.  The 
incumbents must be voted out, and new volunteers voted in that will step 
up to the task at hand.

Sounds pretty much like the what people are saying is happening to 
POCA.   Baseline, in running an organization or business, friendship and 
business can coexist, but you don't prioritize friendship over business, 
otherwise the business will in most cases fail.

Dick Koch - Atlanta

PS: It wasn't my intention but I inadvertently described the current 
political situation.