[DeTomaso] FW: We want your opinion

[Mike Thomas]

Every day: it's called humidity . . .

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Lewis [mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 9:33 AM
To: Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>; Mike Thomas
<mbefthomas at comcast.net>; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FW: We want your opinion

So, Will, does it ever rain in Miami!!!!

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Will
Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 4:19 PM
To: Mike Thomas; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FW: We want your opinion

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 can¹t.
>
>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.  I¹m 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?  It¹s not like we have billions of members and can¹t sort 
>through their responses.
>
>Will.
>
>From:  <survey-noreply at smo.surveymonkey.com> on behalf of "pr at poca.com 
>via surveymonkey.com" <member at surveymonkey.com>
>Reply-To:  <pr at poca.com>
>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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>the button below to start the survey. Thank you for your participation!
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