ORIGINAL: ckangaroo70
I am not sure what the solution is, but maybe something like a forum for each AMA district might work well. Then people would basically be commenting on issues that are effecting there own district. It would be easy to spot a Troll that way if a person was just jumping from district forum to district forum to try and stir things up. People might also be more apt to be friendlier to those people they are debating within there own district. Just throwing around some ideas.
Ray-
Are there any issues that can be identified as district-specific? Frankly, I don't know of any AMA District policies/rules where I am, and I don't know of any other districts where any exist. I'm taking advantage of your bringing up the question, as it's one that I have had for a long time. Why do we get to vote only for one DVP in most elections and only for the one in our own district, when all of AMA members are affected pretty much equally by whomever is elected in any district? Don't expect or solicit an answer to that - just offering MHO that a per district forum doesn't work for me. Some DVPs already have such forums, some open and some heavily moderated by the DVP or his hand-picked moderator (i.e, district webmaster) and regulated as to who can participate. Some have web sites that have been dead for years - look at D-X, the largest district. Some unofficial, 'alternative' view forums have existed, as in D-V during the seemingly interminable tenure of McSnuze. AMA members are generally affected by what every member of the EC does so district forums seem an arbitrary partitioning of discussion. Okay, you stirred me up!
Abel