Hey Cal,
 This is a good place to discuss items of members interest. I have found it to be one of many, I'm not limiting myself, we are at the point that I had better use them all. At the beginning of my post you might have noticed that I invited the other candidates to participate in this discussion. I mean that sincerely! We must be fair to all, and I wouldn't wish for any member to vote blindly. I try to be fair to all. I know there are pit falls along the way, and I've been around long enough to know where to look and how to avoid them. That is important! If elected, my priority is to get our association financially stable, we have no business plan, need a good budget, and basically good solid financial planning. I would depend on Sam Meeker to help out on this, he will be our next Finance and Planning Chairman, and he is knowledgable of these things, I would intend to work closely with him, and his committee. Member participation is something we need to work on. We need to get more members interested in working on committees, and running for elected position. I believe it to be beneficial to going around and asking members to help out, especially on the nominating committee. It is unusual for me to ask a member for help and to get turned down. It happens, but not often. I've found go to a show and just ask, you will generally get what you need. Bylaws is another thing that needs some work. For a parliamentarian, ours have nearly anything needed, they are very good, but not everyone is a parliamentarian. I have had a good member to step forward and volunteer to work on this. He will probably organize and get the provisions in a more understandable order, then make the language more understandable, maybe even simplify them some. That won't be an easy task, and it will take time. I would look at our method for recruiting new members, I believe we should devise a method to track which members are out there recruiting, and develop an incentive based program to reward these members. I believe we are in the position currently where out recruiting costs outweigh the benefit, we can do better! If I can accomplish these goals, it will be time well spent, as well as a pretty full plate.
Have a great day!!!
Andy