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  1. 1 hour ago, bass5 said:

    This summer is in question, DOP is at Memorial High School due to construction at Middleton H.S. and on a Thurs so not looking promising. As far as finding volunteers that may be another challenge.

    Well, I would be up for coming down from the Twin Cities for a weekend to just hang out with some of the other oldsters. It doesn't have to necessarily involve a drum corps show.

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  2. 14 hours ago, madisonsmiley said:

    Komnick my not be in the right seat on the bus, but he's not the root cause of the problem. Why do you think he is able to keep his job? Voting members are not informed or engaged. Many have been driven away and obstructed. Until the membership gets engaged and votes in a stronger board, I can't see meaningful improvements. That may not be an issue for long. The board wants to eliminate the voting rights of members, so the current leadership will be further entrenched. The future doesn't look bright. 

     

    I did not see if that proposal was actually adopted or not. Any idea if that is now the policy? The following is what is on the website as of today:

    "If you contribute at the $100 amount or above, you are enrolled as a "voting member" of Forward Performing Arts, Inc. for the fiscal year in which the donation is received."

  3. 36 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:

    Eat a rock. 

    Anyway, yes, vastly different styles. You have to know your audience and Leckrone knew that. I’m pretty sure the UW-Eau Claire rifle spinners and flag twirlers and shuffle step marchers would not go over well in most Big Ten bands, especially in Madison. That’s not to say one is good and one is bad or one is superior and one is inferior. They are different and neither style will last long if they don’t know their audience. So I’m assuming the UW-Eau Claire band style works for them in their setting, just as the stop at the top physical style works for the UW band. But to say one is “far superior” to the other is flat out wrong and shows a lack of understanding. Also - you will never succeed at building up your band by bashing another. 

    This is totally spot on. 

  4. On 8/17/2019 at 10:44 PM, FlamMan said:

    Yea, no kidding. The things that we were allowed to do in the Scouts, well, other drum corps were jealous of us. I remember touring with the Crossmen in 1981 and after the show near our buses, I fired up a cig and cracked open a bear, and this guy from Crossmen said to me "holy sh1t, you can do that? Is it allowed?" YUP! Scott Stewart always said that we will be treated like adults, just dont be stupid. We always had coolers full of cold one's in the bus luggage storage area. I will leave it there...

    We were like a street gang with instruments in the mid 70s.

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  5. 12 hours ago, Slingerland said:

    And on that you'd be correct. I was simply laying out what would need to be done in order to help those who believe that "local" is somehow desirable at WC level achieve their goals. 

    It's a non-starter of an idea to fix a problem that isn't really a problem, imho. When Madison was competitive, it was because they had the staff to write, teach, and clean their shows, not because most of the members were from the midwest.

    I agree, that ship sailed a long time ago.

  6. 3 hours ago, Slingerland said:

    Put an age limit of 18 on it. Go back to high school and middle school members who still live with their parents.

    It wouldn't work, but that's how any move back to "local only' would have to be implemented. College age performers will do something else.

     

     

    I don't believe that DCI will implement this type of limitation on themselves.

  7. 27 minutes ago, ndkbass said:

    Update: I will shortly be a member of the association in good standing (once dues payment is completely processed), and will thus be able to vote or eligible to sit on the Board.  I am not necessarily interested in serving on the board at the moment due to other day-to-day commitments.  I do not mind proxy stuff, but I like to be in person for discussion purposes.

    Awesome, I look forward to meeting you in November. I am Roark Haver, and I marched in the Jr Scouts and Scouts in the 70s.

  8. 41 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:

    That’s not how it works. Someone doesn’t come along and say “I have a better plan so fire them and hire me.”  No.

    I don’t know how, at this point, anyone could think this present BOD and ED have the corps heading in the right direction. They need to be removed. That’s step one.  You cannot take additional steps until you take the first one. And now is not the time for timid handwringing and being afraid to act for fear of the unknown (e.g. I need to see a plan first). Fortune favors the bold. 

     

    If someone wants my vote for the BOD, they need to show me why I should vote FOR them not against someone else. I respect your decision making process, mine is just different. At the end of the day, we all want to Scouts to prosper, and that is a good thing.

     

  9. 34 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:

    I’d love to see the vision and implementation plan of the current BOD. They sure are doing a bang up job. 

    A clearly presented vision with regard to fundraising, 5-year budget modeling, staffing, member attraction, development, and retention, show content while maintaining the Madison swagger, and tour operation could find a receptive audience. I see a lot of complaining but not a lot of concrete, well-developed, fleshed out plans.

    I would be interested in seeing what people with the knowledge, passion, and interest in making substantive change have to offer. It's easy to say something sucks, or the BOD should go away. Unless I've missed it, which is entirely possible, I have yet to see someone, or a cohesive group/slate of candidates put out a well thought out, detailed plan of how to get the corps back to where they want it to be. I for one, would love to see what a group of people that want to clean house have to offer in the way of a step -by-step plan to rebuild.

    If such a group is out there with a plan, please point me in the right direction to see it and evaluate it prior to the BOD election this fall.

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  10. 12 minutes ago, Gantang said:

    I applaud them for winning CYO and VFW Nationals but not all west coast corps attended shows as they did beginning in 1972. Scouts are 2 time DCI World Champions, albeit not for the last 21 years! Both Troopers and Madison are doing better than Kingsmen!! 

    Man, I miss the Kingsmen!

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