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Nick USA for new Regional Organiser?

ORIGINAL: peters

I have been watching this thread as an 'interested bystander" and I have a few points / questions.

What is the role of a Regional Organiser?

Is it to arrange the monthly meets and liaise with other regions with regard to meets etc, or is to to plan events. Guest speakers and some point to the meet would in my opinion be part of the job.

If a few of you want to plan to do something then surely you can go ahead and do it, you don't need to be a RO to do it.

I am on 911UK and we have a Midlands monthly meet, and if one of us fancies doing something you put a post up like "who fancies a breakfast run on Sunday"

It shouldn't have to be the RO who comes up with all the ideas.

Do any of you approach the RO and suggest something? If you do, and the RO says "no, we're not doing that" then you have something to criticise, but otherwise I cannot see the issue.

Peter, I will answer this properly when I get home as I have just got off a 13 hour flight from Shanghai and I am still not home.

If anyone else from the R20 would like to add comment to:

"What do you as a member expect from your RO"

It will get the ball rolling and I will also add what the club expects from an RO and fill in any gaps.
 

ORIGINAL: peters

I have been watching this thread as an 'interested bystander" and I have a few points / questions.

What is the role of a Regional Organiser?

Is it to arrange the monthly meets and liaise with other regions with regard to meets etc, or is to to plan events. Guest speakers and some point to the meet would in my opinion be part of the job.

If a few of you want to plan to do something then surely you can go ahead and do it, you don't need to be a RO to do it.

I am on 911UK and we have a Midlands monthly meet, and if one of us fancies doing something you put a post up like "who fancies a breakfast run on Sunday"

It shouldn't have to be the RO who comes up with all the ideas.

Do any of you approach the RO and suggest something? If you do, and the RO says "no, we're not doing that" then you have something to criticise, but otherwise I cannot see the issue.


Peter, I saw you posted this also on the 911uk thread. Nick I'm sure will do a better job of describing what an RO does. I do agree the RO shouldn't have to, or even be expected to organise everything. In R20 the RO does absolutely nothing. Zip, Zilch, Zero. I've experienced other regions and seen how the RO is the co-ordinator, getting help and support from others, but is still the central figure. In R20 there is a vaccuum where that central figure should be. Of course mutliple efforts have been made along the lines you suggest. But for 4 years and counting, nothing ever changes. That is the issue.
 
What is the role of a Regional Organiser?

Is it to arrange the monthly meets and liaise with other regions with regard to meets etc, or is to to plan events. Guest speakers and some point to the meet would in my opinion be part of the job.



The clue is in the title! The incumbent RO in my opinion clearly not doing any of the above.
 
ORIGINAL: Nick_USA

So what do we think ?

Personally? You lot drive too fast. Although we've proved that a 944S2 is as quick as a GT2....

London region's turnout and passion are a credit to them. Agree or not, you can't fault the feeling there and these are exactly the sort of people the Club needs to move forward. Hopefully they can find a way to mend bridges here, perhaps running the region with a committee is possible?
 
ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

ORIGINAL: Nick_USA

So what do we think ?

Personally? You lot drive too fast. Although we've proved that a 944S2 is as quick as a GT2....

London region's turnout and passion are a credit to them. Agree or not, you can't fault the feeling there and these are exactly the sort of people the Club needs to move forward. Hopefully they can find a way to mend bridges here, perhaps running the region with a committee is possible?

Us drive fast !!! I consider that comment to be "Defamatory" .... JOKE!!!

If you said very fast then I would let you off!!!

Perhaps the GT2 was driving too slow or was in fear of being deleted!!
 
We wanted to get there before any Germans placed their towels in the front rows, obviously too late (do I have to use those stupid smiley faces, thingys!!, ok ) [:D][:D][:D]
 
I think I've lost the plot on this one a bit .... returning back to the original thread, does anyone know what's going on regards to a possible change of RO? Has anything been decided?
 

ORIGINAL: Tanzi

I think I've lost the plot on this one a bit .... returning back to the original thread, does anyone know what's going on regards to a possible change of RO? Has anything been decided?

No change till April 2012, possibly? During AGM, that is when it will be decided. All members need to vote their choice at that time
 
We were told that a decision on the R20 RO will be given high priority at the next board meeting which is due in a couple of weeks.

I suppose we'll just have to wait and see until then.
 
This again smacks of poor leadership.

I said before that the Regional Director should act now for the benefit of the club as there appears to be much strong feeling in the region. After all the London is the largest region in the club and their membership should be heard. Just like any other.

To leave a decision for the best part of 6 months is IMHO plain bad leadership.

Unless of course there is more to this than what we are lead to understand!!
 
As I understood it, the board are going to discuss this at their next meeting and and hand down a decision then.

Quote from EGM 6th November 2011

[Alan Welshman]
We'll put that on as an urgent topic to be looked at immediately after the meeting. Is that OK?

/Quote

Holding dual roles is not tennable for a permanant board member (set by the example of the chairman, Alan Welshman, who realised the additional workload would make holding both roles concurrently difficult). How can you represent all the members (Director) and some of the member (RO) at the same time, particularly if you're out of the country for a signicant portion of the time ? [&:]

But then, when did conventional wisdom come in to this situation ? "¦"¦

The strength of feeling within R20 was well noted yesterday by the board and many other members from the floor have expressed both strong support and dismay of our current situation in equal measure.

It's like we've an aged Porsche straining to go but no one will let us change the cracked coil packs! [;)]
 

We'll put that on as an urgent topic to be looked at immediately after the meeting. Is that OK?


I fail to understand this logic. It is a Regional matter that can be dealt with by the Regional Director alone.

There is such a strength of feeling within this region that a quick and successful conclusion should be sought as soon as possible.
 

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