Thursday, April 29, 2010

Skating people complaining about the cold

I'm guessing the hotel's maintenance staff thinks that a skating conference should have very, very cold rooms! I'm freezing people - I'll have to head to the USFS merchandise room and buy a sweatshirt. Brrr...

Right now in the Critical Issues Q&A where the majority of the questions are regarding the technical RFAs (request for action). Which shouldn't be a surprise!
We started with questions for the Athletes Services Group - nothing.
Then on to Membership Services Group - just questions regarding the Introductory Membership. I think Mike, Maureen & Susi were able to quell their fears.
So my poor buddy Hal Marron (who is the technical group coordinator) is getting the majority of the questions. He is having to go through the RFAs page by page. The best description of an RFA was by Hal describing the Adult Committee's request to lower the passing average for adults taking standard MIF tests - "It's like getting a senior discount."

I always enjoy the fact that most questions about new rules are focused on the systems of how something  will be run. I wonder if people just don't trust HQ or our leadership to figure out how to manage and/or create the need processes. Just pass it instead of obsessing about the infrastructure & such.

Oh, Heather Nemier  just told us that the infamous "green sheets" will be out by 6 tonight. The green sheets have the all the decisions that were made in the board meeting yesterday and today.

Heather Nemier, chair of the Rules Committee, is describing how the committee went through all the bylaws and updated the language to make it more understandable. As a bylaws geek, it's nice to hear that "Shall" will be gone since it is such a wishy-washy word.

Off to "Attracting and Retaining Members." Let's hope it's warmer in that room.

Photo by Balakov

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