ORIGINAL: Jim Branaum
ORIGINAL: FHHuber
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Sorry... just saying someone has been club pres 2 terms really isn't the best way to qualify people for Leader Member status.
Do you KNOW any Leader Members, much less three of them?
I think the idea is a whole lot better than the current way which is to run all over h*ll's half acre looking for THREE other LM's to sign off the application or kissing some DVP's rear end (especially if you happen to disagree with him).
I do not disagree that there are SOME seat warmers out there, but that can be said about the entire society we live in. MOST club presidents I have seen (in a dozen or so different clubs) did NOT fit your characterization of the class.
I have belonged to a bunch of clubs over the years... Mostly smaller clubs.
One of those clubs called the election meeting "Railroad Night" Because anyone who had been a member more than a year and was not present at the meeting was almost guaranteed to be elected.
The club I'm in now is a lot better... they at least ask if you are willing to be on the ballot. But the guys that have served in club offices for many years are getting tired. Its hard to get people onto the ballot. (My personality is just wrong to act as a club officer... not a good idea. The club is better off with me helping where and when I can.)
I ddn't say the majority of club officers were seat warmers... I said... that there were enough that its not good as the ONLY test to become a Leader Member.
And... I probably do know at least 3 Leader Members... (I'd be very suprised if at least 4 people I know were not LM's... They definitely meet the requirements...) I haven't gone looking at thier cards to verify... because it just doesn't matter to me.