<VV> [Corsabod] The tent & PR

[Dave Keillor]

Bob,

I sort of agree -- but only sort of.  CORSA lacks a leader and expected
a BoD to exercise leadership is an exercise in futility.  A BoD has a
role, but it's not leadership.  Every successful organization that I'm
familiar with has -- or recently had -- a leader with passion and
vision.  No, I don't mean the CORSA president, I mean a CEO type person
with tenure.

The position should be paid, but not paid as much as it's worth.  This
will ensure that the leader is committed to CORSA and not just committed
to a paycheck.  Perhaps a person who has a retirement income.

So, where does the money come from to pay such a person?  One of two
sources: 1) a reduction in the current paid staff, 2) or increased
membership.  On the latter point, I believe that with the marketing
plan, membership could be increased by 50-100%.

On the topic of volunteers, I agree that leadership and a plan are
required.  I think there are a lot of people (including me) who would
volunteer to help under such conditions.  But there are very few people
(like me) who would do what Pete did.

Dave Keillor

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Subject: Re: <VV> [Corsabod] The tent & PR

flat6vair at comcast.net wrote:
> Are YOU volunteering Bob?
>   

If that is your answer, then I submit that you don't get it.

It is the responsibility of the CORSA Board to pull this together, not 
wait for a volunteer to do it.  We have had way too much of the CORSA 
Board waiting/hoping that a volunteer will magically appear to do any 
number of things that need to be done.  The Board needs to be active -- 
to set goals, outline plans, identify potential promotional 
opportunities, make budgets, assemble needed materials, and, yes, 
recruit volunteers to perform defined tasks.

If you are just going to wait and hope that volunteers appear to do it 
all, then at best you are going to get what you got this past year with 
Pete -- a project undertaken without Board approval or budgeting.  At 
best.  You got lucky with Pete; he was responsible and dedicated.

If you want someone to volunteer, then you have to tell people what it 
is you want done and what resources are available to them.

--Bob Marlow