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Executive Committee

Dear Community,

I got back from a tournament this weekend and just read the 
series of posts regarding executive committee discretion/silence/lack 
of responsiveness.  My first reaction was surprise because my 
experience has been that the executive committee is committed to 
serving the membership in an open and honest manner.  My second 
reaction was to think that Bear has a point because maybe I am just 
assuming that y'all know that you can contact me at any time with 
questions, comments, concerns, suggestions.

So, I apologize if I have not made that clear.  My phone is (205) 
348-8072 and my email is ccrensha@ccom.ua.edu.  Please contact me any 
time.  

I will also be honest with you and say that I haven't had the time to 
read each and every CEDA-L post carefully.  I try to keep up with it 
but it's very difficult for me to read hundreds of posts and respond 
directly in a short period of time and meet my other responsibilities 
at the same time.  

So, I will echo Tuna's position and say that when 
it's my turn to be responsible for directing the national tournament, 
I will be very open to discussion and advisory motions/ballots about 
how the tournament is to be run.  It's the community's tournament not 
my own.  However, having been accused of arbitrariness, I think it 
important that the discussion/decisions about procedures should occur 
before the invitation goes out.  

Now as for executive committee discretion or President's discretion 
regarding how to run the tournament: we can change the constitution 
if y'all want to.  

Yes, there is truth to Bear's criticism that that procedure is 
frustrating because the meetings were too long.  A lot of that was my fault 
because I presented a long report orally.  In future business 
meetings, I pledge to not talk too long.  Frankly I was excited about the stuff 
I had been working on and wanted to talk to y'all about it and I didn't want 
to use up a lot of paper distributing a report but Bear 
is right.  It traded off with time for action items and for that I 
apologize.  I can't speak directly for Pam but I know that she is 
committed to improving the organization by increasing the amount of 
services we provide for our members.  So she appointed committees 
made up of some really wonderful people who came up with some great 
documents/ideas to help people out e.g. Jim Hanson's cost committee.  
And we spent time talking about it in the meeting.  I personally 
think that's a good thing but do understand the need for that not to 
trade off with action items on the agenda.  

In sum, I want y'all to know that you can contact me anytime with any 
concern.  If I miss a post on the L that is very important to you, I 
am not intentionally sending out a message that I don't care or that 
I am engaging a conspiracy of silence.  I do care.  I care very much. 

Best to you and yours,
Carrie
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