Originally posted by rsallen13
Food for though, Thanks!
Oh and Horace since you do not like any of Dave Browns ideas (and I'm not saying I do or don't) How would you restructure the current system or what would you do to tweek the current system? We need ideas not just discord during this discussion.
But you do bring up a good point we already have hired someone to handle the day to day operations shouldn't he already have signing authority for up to a certain amount in order to handle simple financial matters? JR can you answer that one?
Dave Brown has many good ideas. Regardless of the origin of the idea -- and the one in current discussion is not anything of recent thinking as it has been around for years -- I do not yet see any reason to make the AMA's business less visible to the membership. The current structure is, IMO, a very good one.
If there is tweaking needed it would be in the officer nomination area, the operation of the non-related business activity/ies, insurance acquisition, the use of those persons designated "Leader", and national public promotion, a program rather than structure.
That "someone" is a SHE. If as Chief Operating Officer she is too restricted to cover daily business chores, then that is a fault of the EC and that too needs some real "Tweeking"/ tweaking.
The current ED is more than well qualified and able to handle those chores that she is allowed to handle, and/or related to the job.
The answer is less micro management and more responsibility for action.