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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:02 pm Post subject: Part II: What's Wrong with the Organization |
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Part II Whats wrong with the organization
I will get to the many good services that are non functional, but we need to start with how the RPA even figures out what it's supposed to be doing with your money and your man hours; the Board of Directors!
As part of the new RPA in 2003, We wanted a regionalized board, not a rubber stamping body or a group of hardly-never-changing good ole boys personally "invited" to participate, I was looking to "unload" future decisions (and yes, work) from the president to a board, *and its committees*, made up of individuals that actually were "close" to the members geographically; i.e. you actually might know your representative. The idea (here it comes) was to improve association-membership communication (getting your ideas or gripes to the board, and in turn, you to pitch in when needed) and empowering that board to help set the future resultant course.
Well, while we changed the name of the organization, its patches, logo, website and other tools in 2003, we did *not* change the structure of the bylaws that make up of the board of directors until late 2005; why? some on the board and some members were honestly fearful of regionalizing, in that it would "break up" the membership in geographical units, no one would talk to each other.
Guess what? They were *right*!!! Well, sort of....No, they were not right, in my opinion, of fearing that regionalizing the member representation would break up the community, but we validated their fears by not putting membership communication as priority one; we failed to keep abiding by that 2002 tag line to "use modern technology to reduce man hours and improve member services". One critical service is allowing you to communicate both with other members and with the organization and visa versa.
Is there any system in place to advance communications? The debrief is not only for individuals, it also works for organizations.
I was often out of communication as well back then, 20 days a month flying England to Kuwait on an active duty recall, but as someone mentioned, we put up a "RPA Forum" page on www.flyredstar.org that got little traction then - however today, with modern technology almost ten years later, the RPA can promote much better communication both between members, and with the board/leadership, than we are doing. We can't even determine who is on the board of directors!
We've been dead in the water and aren't listening, but hold on, for in just days an old style YPA culture is about too make us all feel like its ok by delivering a puppy to your door...
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