I respect your opinion and believe you have the right to post it even if it differs from mine.
Howsomeever, I disagree with your belief in turning out more voters. Sure there may be some who would vote indiscriminately but even if ONE voter cast his vote after researching the candidates, we have accomplished a major task. There have been a number of times in US history where one vote decided an election. I can't quote specific incidents but I know I have read such before.
I believe it is up to US(members of AMA) to talk up our opinions at club meetings, fly days at the club, on the phone, and anywhere else we gather to pursue our hobby, and convince other less informed members or apathetic ones to get off their behinds and become involved in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, in this case R/C flying and all its' various derivations.
Apathy is killing us and our sport and the Naysayers are the only ones benefitting from our lack of involvement.
Remember the Alamo(Rule9) I am from Texas after all.
ORIGINAL: littlecrankshaf
Jim
Good to see you fired up and interested.
To the thread in general:
Unfortunately I am pragmatic and believe all flag waiving is for naught. Sure making your desires known to those that represent you can be positive but beating the bushes for more voters is an exercise in futility. Let me explain. Those that desire or have convictions on issues WILL vote with or without prompts and all other voters garnered, through unbiased or equally opposed efforts, will tend to vote indiscriminately anyway. So in reality there really isn’t any net benefit to the outcome for just increasing the voter involvement. It is my contention that it is much more effective to give reasons as why to support a particular candidate than to enlist more voters.
I for one would like to see AMA elections kept on a positive note since I sincerely believe most that have served or those that will serve genuinely care for the hobby and for the betterment of all involved. Of course those that put the hobby before the AMA will get my vote. Hobby primary AMA secondary…my priorities… they will not change.
Edit; to clarify with an analogy: What is good for the goose is good for the gander…the hobby is the goose and the AMA is the gander…so extrapolate as needed. Just don’t care to defend my position on this one. If you have another opinion cool…but it is wrong
BTW did you notice the smiley face
Disclaimer (seems appropriate here and elsewhere in this forum)
Your views may or may not parallel mine but the aforementioned is my opinion and NOT designed to disagree with anyone in particular but if your hackles get raised so be it.