I would like to put up for discussion the possibility of
bringing Larry Lampert onto the Board.
My thoughts are these, not necessarily in order of
importance:
We have called on Larry a number of times and he has never
shied from helping. In fact, he?s been darn responsive.
I am convinced that he has a very strong interest in the
health and future of AGA.
Some additional blood could be good. Larry is certainly
more of a creative thinker than, for example, me.
He has some motivational and management skills that he can
bring to the party -- and a volunteer org can always make
use of that stuff, no? But he's not a control freak. In
fact, in general, his style is probably more accommodating
than mine.
Part of what makes AGA so much fun is that you folks are
bright *and* easy to work with -- a nice combination. I
have found him to be like that too, so I think he would fit
in.
I know on occasion he hasn't seen things the same way as
others of us have -- but that's usually a good thing,
right? Okay, there was that idiotic thing with the contest
donations but I really think that was much more *out of
*character for him than in. (And, truth be told, I did not
realize at the time that I probably could have/should have
done more to turn him around.) Despite that donation thing,
having worked closely with him for over half a year or so
during AGA2K3 and a number of times since then, I can say
that, I found him to be thoughtful and dedicated to the
task at hand, and generally open-minded fellow.
Now I'm not at all suggesting that Larry be a replacement
for Kathy now that she has stepped down from the Board. As
soon as Kathy might be ready to rejoin, I don't think there
is any question that there is/will be room for her on the
Board. I can't even imagine it any other way.
I don't know if Larry would accept, I haven't talked to him
about it. However, I wouldn't bring this up if I didn't
think there was a good chance that he would.
Oh, and one last point if it isn't stating the obvious: so
far, we have had pretty good luck with Texans on the Board.
:-)
sh
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