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Note 340.138                The DECUS reorganization                  138 of 145
EISNER::STONE_L "Larry Stone"                        22 lines   1-MAY-1991 11:35
                 -< You need to convince me change is needed >-
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    I am a firm believer in the "if it's not broke, don't fix it"
    philosophy. Accordingly, it is up to the PRO side to convince me that
    we have a situation that needs changing (I'll admit though, that many
    people will probably vote YES because that is what the Board
    recommends). Frankly, I am totally unconvinced there is a problem.
    
    Some PRO comments want us to think the CON people want to
    disenfranchise the rest of us. 1) I don't see support for this belief
    and 2) nobody ever said DECUS is supposed to be a governement-like
    democracy. Yes we can vote for some members of leadership but whether I
    can vote for all of them isn't that important. I vote with my
    membership - if DECUS isn't doing the job for me, I'll leave and I see
    no reason to leave at this time.
           
    What I see going on here is a problem I think a lot of volunteer
    organizations have - trying to organize it like a for profit
    corporation. Having served on the Board of a condominium homeowner's
    association, I have learned the people you most have to keep happy are
    your volunteers. So let's not worry about disenranchising the
    membership, worry about disenfranchising the volunteers. Without them,
    there is no DECUS and then there are no members which need to be
    served.
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Note 340.139                The DECUS reorganization                  139 of 145
EISNER::MAYTROTT "Laurie Maytrott, NLC/Southern RLC"   1 line   1-MAY-1991 14:29
                              -< I am voting NO. >-
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    As a DECUS member (Regional hat off, NLC hat off), I am voting NO.
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Note 340.140                The DECUS reorganization                  140 of 145
EISNER::BADDORF "Deb Baddorf"                         7 lines   1-MAY-1991 14:40
                                  -< Agreed. >-
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>    worry about disenfranchising the volunteers. Without them,
>    there is no DECUS and then there are no members which need to be
>    served.

I agree.   And since most of the volunteers which I can see here
(i.e. ones who speak and thus contribute to what I get from DECUServe)
are CON, I'll cast my vote with them.  They are doing the work for me.
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Note 340.141                The DECUS reorganization                  141 of 145
EISNER::ZIMMERMAN "Comp-U-Card"                      12 lines   1-MAY-1991 14:45
                             -< No, No, No Reorg. >-
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    It seems to me that ADL has little understanding of a volunteer
    organization.  The proposal for reorganization resembles a business
    restructuring more than one related to a group of volunteers.  I have
    been involved in a variety of groups ranging from local community
    groups to DECUS to Governmental entities to businesses.  In my
    experience the structure which works the best for large volunteer
    groups like DECUS is more akin to an executive-legislative-judicial
    than a board of directors with ultimate power save that of electing
    it's members.
    
    Because of this fundemental difference in philosophy I will vote no (if
    I ever get my ballot).