ORIGINAL: Jim Branaum
Lets automatically make all sitting club presidents Leader Members on their SECOND term. Look at the logic. We KNOW they have some leadership capability or they wouldn't have gotten a second term. We know they have been in the hobby longer than last week because of the second term. We also know that several other people in the hobby feel they have some capabilities that are worthwhile. Yes, I know we are bound to get a few that were put in the slot because they could be 'managed', but by and large we should get some real winners because club presidents help make clubs work.
I have been thinking about this one... and it SOUNDS great... but is it? (How to say it without creating a problem...
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Ever see the "We the Willing" poster?
Often (more often than is really good...) the person who gets elected (shanghaied... railroaded...) into a club office was simply the only one willing to take the position. No other qualification really required.
Its not a good thing to have to say... but its the way it works.
Sometimes you get a guy that is VERY good at the job, and doesn't mind doing it for several years. Sometimes you get a "seat warmer" and everyone is hoping like heck that someone else will step up and offer to run in the next club election. (but if no one else runs... the seat warmer might get the post again... and again...)
Sorry... just saying someone has been club pres 2 terms really isn't the best way to qualify people for Leader Member status.