01-16-2017, 08:53 AM
My 2 cents, before the arbitration was filed, there was a request by members to meet w/the board to discuss their concerns. Their concerns were valid. The board refused to meet.
With all due respect Mermaid, just because they refused to discuss a micro-topic does not mean that they won't discuss the big picture. I'm not saying they will, in fact the chances are probably very slim (I know because I have tried it with OLCA and gotten the same canned responses that I illustrated earlier), but the comparison you are making is apples and oranges.
In my experience, most of the people who get on the board are there to help. They may have head-strong ideas that others disagree with, but when the respect for those ideas is gone, we get war. Yes, you can respect an idea without agreeing with it.
Sometimes board meetings and membership meetings are not the best places to present new ideas. People tend to get defensive, there are time constraints, etc., and none of this works in a positive way. Suggestion: Perhaps a well crafted, RESPECTFULLY WRITTEN letter outlining a cooperative effort toward a long term, bigger picture solution, sent by someone who is not a known adversary. Or better yet, sent by someone who has established some respect with the board.
If they shoot that down, then we can just continue to laugh and make jokes about it. It's better than raising our stress levels.
With all due respect Mermaid, just because they refused to discuss a micro-topic does not mean that they won't discuss the big picture. I'm not saying they will, in fact the chances are probably very slim (I know because I have tried it with OLCA and gotten the same canned responses that I illustrated earlier), but the comparison you are making is apples and oranges.
In my experience, most of the people who get on the board are there to help. They may have head-strong ideas that others disagree with, but when the respect for those ideas is gone, we get war. Yes, you can respect an idea without agreeing with it.
Sometimes board meetings and membership meetings are not the best places to present new ideas. People tend to get defensive, there are time constraints, etc., and none of this works in a positive way. Suggestion: Perhaps a well crafted, RESPECTFULLY WRITTEN letter outlining a cooperative effort toward a long term, bigger picture solution, sent by someone who is not a known adversary. Or better yet, sent by someone who has established some respect with the board.
If they shoot that down, then we can just continue to laugh and make jokes about it. It's better than raising our stress levels.