From: Randall Scheffler (roughdoc@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Jun 20 2005 - 15:16:13 PDT
Having been the elected Chairman of a couple of groups, I can understand
those who want a board that is very supportive of the Chairman. Makes
things so efficient.
With that said, the way to accomplish this would be for the Chairman to
convince the members that his "slate of chosen" folks should be elected, not
for the Chairman to dictate who can or cannot run for office.
What's the goal? Is it to further the organization or to further the
collection/use/restoration of historical military vehicles?
This is not about whether or not Jim Gilmore is a good guy. It's about how
that decision is made. This issue needs to be decided by the members, not
by a cabal of six.
Just my thoughts.
Doc
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
Of MV
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 3:31 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] To any and all concerned MVPA members and future members
I have been either listening to or making comments on this list for
probably 5 years or so now. There is a tremendous wealth on knowledge
on this list - no doubt. And I really appreciate everyone participation.
It has been quite a while since I have seen Jim Gilmore comment on
something on this list, however when he did I found that he was usually
correct.
Jim did not mince words when he knew he was was correct. If he knew
that I was wrong, or anyone else for that matter, he told us so.
Usually when he corrected a statement, he seemed to have 3 references
that he could pull out if needed, to back up his statement. I started
to think of the guy as a walking reference book and I really appreciated
his involvement in the list.
But in a board room setting where a number of other fairly assertive
individuals might gather, I can see Jim twisting a few nerves telling
someone else that what they were saying was simply untrue, and then
being able to back it up factual information, all within 10 seconds of
the person finishing their statement. That kind of quick to "respond
and correct" behavior can be seen as being agressive and intimidating by
many. It certainly sounds like more than one person on the board is not
happy with him, which is unfortunate since I would guess that whatever
Jim said and did was probably correct 99% of the time.
Jim reminded me of the really smart kid that was always in your grade
school class. That was the kid who would raise their hand 10 seconds
before everyone else to answer a question posed by the teacher - and
they always had the correct answer. By the end of the semester,
everyone in the class wanted to throw their books at that guy! But they
were always correct, even so.
That said, I think that perhaps the other board member need to grow some
thicker skin and appreciate Jim for what he has to bring to the table.
My guess is that some of the folks on the board are simply not very
tolerant.
I can't recall Jim ever saying anything on this list that I would
consider "inapproprate".
Dave
Tactical Truck Info wrote:
>>They have posted that I am not allowed to run because of "conduct
>>unbecoming a MVPA Director".
>>
>>The President of the MVPA has stated on a public forum that I am guilty
>>of "......inappropriate comments and behavior...." that I have "....
>>acted in a manner unbecoming a director on more than one occasion...."
>>and that "..... it was in the best interest of the MVPA to not place his
>>name on the ballot....."
>>
>
>
> First, I am not the member who complained and Mr Gilmore may be being
> railroaded but I have to agree with the MVPA's position here. He has said
> things on this list which I feel are inappropriate for an MVPA Director. I
for
> one won't miss him. I guess I'm sorry I won't get to vote against him.
> Jeff Symanski
> MVPA #10 thousand and some change.
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
>
===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Fri Oct 28 2005 - 22:47:29 PDT