[DeTomaso] FW: We want your opinion

[Will Kooiman]

Hi Mike,

Ever think about moving your club to Miami?

;-)

Will.


On 5/21/16, 12:01 PM, "Mike Thomas" <mbefthomas at comcast.net> wrote:

>Will, thanks for your comments.  I "tried" to fill out the survey not 5
>minutes before I saw your post (after first applauding the return of the
>Forum).  I too in good conscience could not complete the survey as the
>available responses on many of what should be more carefully crafted
>questions offered only two extreme positions.  If the survey was truly
>meant
>to gage the memberships' response to the changes, it needs to be created
>by
>an unbiased source not looking to eke out a particular agenda.
>
>I chose to step back from the further involvement with the POCA BOD when
>my
>last term as VP ended because I do not have the time nor patience for the
>recent brand of "politics" and so forth.  I still enjoy helping to keep
>our
>Chapter together and continuing to do the things we've always enjoyed, but
>have no interest in wading into POCA maelstrom.  I can only hope it comes
>out of its current reinvention to the benefit of the larger membership,
>and
>not solely to the few attempting to orchestrate the "new and improved"
>POCA.
>
>Mike Thomas
>Pres., Panteras Northwest
>Yellow ’74 #6328
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
>Of Will Kooiman
>Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 6:34 AM
>To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] FW: We want your opinion
>
>Hi Guys,
>
>I started to fill out the POCA Direction Survey, but I can©öt.
>
>Some of the questions are fine, and need to be asked.  But some are
>designed
>to support one viewpoint over another.
>
>For example:
>
>1.  I fully support the direction the club is headed in under the new
>President and the progressive  BOD members who support moving the club
>forward.
>O  Absolutely, the change was long over due.  I can already see the
>difference.
>O  Not at all, please stop improving things and leave it alone.
>
>The responses can be interpreted thusly:
>A.  Rock on, you are awesome, and everyone else is an idiot.
>B.  I©öm stupid, and I like it that way.
>
>Seriously?
>
>How about?
>C.  I support the direction the club is headed, but the President is
>alienating too many members and needs to tone down his message.
>D.  Why not have a free form text field and let the members write what
>they
>want?  It©ös not like we have billions of members and can©öt sort through
>their responses.
>
>Will.
>
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>Date:  Friday, May 20, 2016 at 10:34 PM
>To:  Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>
>Subject:  We want your opinion
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