> On 7 Feb 2017, at 9:46 am, Ulrich Stauss <[email protected]> wrote: > > “Its also clear that the GFA has little control over anything in all reality, > except to write documents put some polices in place and hope somebody enacts > them. Most everything else happens between members and the club management” > Seriously? With that mindset, do you actually expect to get any changes to > the L2 Ind Op implemented? Maybe if you hope real hard…?
There are ways, mainly just don't give up. > Those on the GFA board/exec who share this opinion need to stop wasting their > time and step back (as the M&D finally seems to have now) to let someone with > some enthusiasm and a more active approach to (change) management get on with > it. Yes, having an inside support helps > > “The good news is that there are clubs that are operating differently and > showing great results. They do not appear to be constrained or crippled by > the GFA as some would like to make out” > These clubs tend to have very good leaders who can make things happen. They > don’t have the fatalistic attitude displayed for the world to see by the > posts from GFA M&D (all but the last one of which have been removed at the > time I write this) and the first quote above.. indeed..,,case in point > > Ulrich Stauss > 0421 151 412 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Richard Frawley > Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2017 08:01 > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship? > > whats positive Mark is that it is recognised that most of the work that needs > to done has to be at grass roots level, nothing to do with the GFA at all. > > Unfortunately it is a growing weakness in our culture is to blame the > government (or any upstream authority) rather than assume personal > responsibility. > > Its also clear that the GFA has little control over anything in all reality, > except to write documents put some polices in place and hope somebody enacts > them. Most everything else happens between members and the club management > > The good news is that there are clubs that are operating differently and > showing great results. They do not appear to be constrained or crippled by > the GFA as some would like to make out. > > And what is also clear its that just about nobody active on this list wants > to do anything other than whinge. As an example, only one person offered to > assist with the L2 ops change….(thanks Bernard) > > Your last point is what many people seem to do on this list, only its with > the GFA as their target. > > Lets all please remember that the GFA is just ordinary people doing > thankless volunteer jobs, generally with the interest of community foremost > and trying to do the right thing within the constraints available. They are > just people. > > As a pilot and aircraft owner, I find the whole GFA experience simple, easy > and painless, works well for me and many, many others I know. > > As I am getting a self launcher, I do want this L2 ops situation improved and > I will apply efforts towards that. > > > > > >> On 7 Feb 2017, at 8:03 am, Mark Newton <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On 7 Feb 2017, at 7:34 AM, Richard Frawley <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> snarkiness??? >>> its that what exposing some reality is called? >> >> He has a job to do. >> >> He’s doing the opposite of the job. >> >>> >>> john might not be very PC and the way he expressed things could have been a >>> little more sensitive, >> >> “PC”? “Sensitive”? Turn it up, mate, nobody asked for those things. >> >> >> >>> but there was also a lot of reality in what he imparted. Looks to me like >>> a lot of healthy discussion as one result. >> >> The same “healthy discussion” that’s been going on for at least 20 years. >> >> It’ll peter out into nothingness in due course, and the GFA will decline to >> do anything about it. >> >> Then something else will spark its resumption in a year or so, and the same >> points will be made again. >> >> This isn’t new discussion with unique insights, it’s boring, repetitive, and >> demoralizing to cover the same territory over and over again for decades. >> There is clearly appetite within the GFA membership for the outcomes that >> have been discussed here, but no momentum whatsoever within the hierarchy to >> achieve them. >> >> CFIT. >> >> >>> I don't think he deserved such punitive and heavy handedness, and trying to >>> gag a marketing guy of all people has to be red rag to a bull. >>> Shuttering a core social media channel does not look that clever either. >> >> He’s a volunteer, doing a job he’s supposed to enjoy. >> >> If he isn’t enjoying it, or isn’t doing a good job of it, he should stop >> volunteering and hand it over to someone else. >> >> Using his platform to berate everyone else about how hopeless they are is >> not acceptable behavior. >> >> >> - mark >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring>
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