garfield Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 WOW! Holy F U! I'm cutting a check to the Troopers tonight You can donate to the corps directly from their website using Paypal or a credit card. I just did, and I encourage all of you who agree with Troop's position to do the same. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 This is a perfect argument for having unaffiliated individuals (who are nevertheless fans) on the board. The outside perspective and voice is key in making good decisions. Hired consultants too often don't have the time or inclination to truly understand the organization they are recommending changes to, but committed external board members, properly chosen, can bring some of the same benefits. I surely agree with you Sky, but I also think there is a useful benefit of having a leader who is unaffiliated with any corps or, possibly, with the activity at all. It allows for a completely unemotional and unbiased decision-making process that is best for the financial stability of the entire activity. It make take a few years to acheive that goal, but I think it's worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsfever Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Look toward the midwestern sky this weekend, you may see some fireworks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madalumni Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Bravo Troopers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Look toward the midwestern sky this weekend, you may see some fireworks! Beginning with the Executive Session tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie1223 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Beginning with the Executive Session tonight... Are you there? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 you really quoted that entire msg? Yea, me, too. LOL, Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 ####. but hey you got the deep throat joke so thats what counts Your full quote is killing me on this phone, Ream. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie1223 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) To this end, we applaud the recent proposal to create a regular opportunity for board members of DCI member corps to meet, engage in mutual problem solving and share best practices to better serve the activity and the respective members as a whole. It is thanks to the collective of volunteer board members in each of these organizations, who truly bear the fiduciary responsibility for this activity, that all of our organizations are able to put "...the rubber to the road," and it would only serve to strengthen our organizations by allowing the free exchange of ideas between those bases. By tapping into this broad and diverse experience, we are confident that we will soon see an age where our activity will be united once again as a collective, and that the numbers of organizations, experiences, and opportunities for young musicians involved with DCI will flourish and grow. Apprently there was another proposal that wasn't leaked on DCP?! It must not exist... :lookaround:/> But my thoughts overall on this are positive. There isn't a tone of "go ahead and leave" or "we won't don't anything with you again". There is an extended hand (from atleast troopers) to resolve the issue. I think this Letter does have a point about sticking to the DCI bylaws. However, I find that in the continued discussion with a large percentage of those unhappy with the state of DCI will be fruitful for ALL the corps. I just hope that the solutions that are found are chosen because they are empirically the best. Edited January 26, 2013 by charlie1223 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Nevada Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 And this 'response' ' was posted on DCP before it was given to the DCI Member corps? Keep it klassy, Troopers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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