ORIGINAL: Sharpy01
We will not know if something will work, if we don't try.
Personally, I enjoy hearing some new ideas for a change, particularly from someone who knows what they are talking about. Chad's response is typical in that there is a perception that we are not allowed to discuss any form of change.......!QUOT!get involved!QUOT! mantra is tiring because getting involved in a bloated bureaucratic system and effecting change is impossible if you haven't managed to garner some support at the ground floor.
Quite true however, discussion and talk is only part of the equation...most of the board does not read this, and involvement is the only true way to have any hope of effecting change....random anonymous postings on a public forum is simply not going to go anywhere....time and again this fact is shown.
If you really feel something is wrong or needs changing, get involved and change it.....if your ideas have merit then the board will listen.
Its universal throughout any organization.....if you really want to change something you need to be involved....that can be as simple as a proposal at a zone meeting or as in depth as serving on the BOD.
You yourself took this approach Marc and effected change for your zone (boundaries comes to mind) through involvement, so dont criticize me for making a statement that you yourself obviously believed in and followed.