[Coco] Glenside Elections 2020

[Terry Steege]

John you are so right about John Mark, as I stated in my email thanking the
club for the VP nomination.  "John Mark Mobley was nominated for VP as
well, and with his history and dedication to the club, I would gladly offer
my VP vote to him!"

Unlike your statement, I would be willing to work with anyone in any of the
positions regardless, as long as the club benefits.  John, your statement "--
if you aren't voting for John Mark, then please don't vote for me." is
actually very shocking and took me by surprise, especially by someone that
wants to be voted back into his position.

I do not want to fracture this club, and if my being nominated does that
then Mr. Secretary please remove me from the ballot.  John Mark is a
wonderful individual and I have no issues conceding to him.

I would urge everyone in the club to consider how they want the club's
direction to go in the future.  One key distinction for both nominees
running for Glenside President is Eric's statement promotes unity growth
while John L's statement states "develop buy-in among key club members",
that isn't unifying in my opinion. People want to be heard by their leaders
and have them act in their best interests, not the other way around.   I
will not post more on this topic here, as the mailing list is meant for
other conversations, but I do feel it is important to relay feedback here
as not everyone in the list utilizes FaceBook. I am sorry if some find this
an intrusion of your mailbox. Thanks, Terry

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 3:20 PM John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
wrote:

> Hmmm...Glenside stump speaches on the mailing list...so this is a
> thing now?
>
> Given how relatively new some of this year's candidates are to the CoCo
> community, I suppose it makes sense to entertain some introductions.
> Nevertheless, I hope that everyone will excuse this diversion from
> the normal usage of the mailing list! :-)
>
> Before addressing the race for Glenside President, I would like to
> draw some attention the the race for Vice-President. In particular,
> one of the nominees for that position has long been a happy and
> hard-working asset to the Glenside club. He has worked tirelessly both
> as the editor of the club newsletter and as the unofficial "go to guy"
> for all manner of club business for years. That person, of course,
> is John Mark Mobley. If you are thankful that the Glenside club has
> managed to survive over the past several years and if you want to
> ensure that the club will continue to be strong, then you should be
> voting John Mark Mobley for Vice-President. He has my full endorsement
> -- if you aren't voting for John Mark, then please don't vote for me.
>
> Moving-on to the race for President. I have been around the community
> for decades. Over the years, the list members have seen my emails,
> read my blogs, watched my videos on YouTube, and probably most
> have listened to my podcast. I honestly doubt that I need any
> introduction -- you should be able to judge for yourself based on your
> own experiences with me. No one has done more to keep CoCoFEST! and
> our hobby alive and vigorous over the past decade than I have.
>
> I have been President of Glenside for roughly the past year. Over
> that time, we successfully executed a CoCoFEST! back in May. Shortly
> thereafter, our long-term venue notified us that they would no longer
> be available for our use. We formed a search committee, gathered and
> evaluated options, and chose one. So in 2020, for the first time in
> 8 years we will be out of the basement!! Bring sunglasses, as needed...
>
> Thanks to volunteer efforts from Randy Weaver, usage of tandylist.com
> for club organizational purposes continues to be gradually expanded and
> improved. The current glensideccc.com site continues to be sub-optimal
> for a variety of reasons, but we are continuing to develop buy-in
> among key club members toward the idea of moving to a more technically
> capable and usable site. If the community can avoid too much social
> turbulene for a while, then maybe we can finally make a change on the
> website this year. But change takes time, especially at Glenside...
> :-)
>
> Overall, things are going well with the Glenside Color Computer
> Club. CoCoFEST! is moving to a better facility, we are improving our
> technology (albeit slowly), and we are seeing long-term contributors
> like John Mark Mobley step-up to serve as Glenside officers. Is all
> of this the direct influence of my own hands? Of course not. But a
> good captain picks a great crew, and together they get things done.
>
> If you want to continue to see Glenside getting things done, then
> you should vote John Linville for Glenside President. CoCo Forever!
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> --
> John W. Linville                Someday the world will need a hero, and you
> linville at tuxdriver.com                  might be all we have.  Be ready.
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