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As former board member maybe I have some insight. I do know that on a decision that could ruin the landing field forever the education time, ie., the time to think about what we are doing, should be at least 6 months. Frequently having time to mull over a problem allows one greater clarity in the solution. The vote as proposed by our current president of 4 choices is obvious to anyone who has experience in polling is designed to produce a negative result, and has the effect that 25% of the club can destroy the LZ forever for the remaining members of the club. Whenever there is a vote with more than two choices if there is no winner with more than 50% of the vote the top two choices are taken and then there is another vote. That is the proper way that multiple choice votes are handled. Why has our president not stated that this is the way the election will be held?
To allow 25% of the membership, who may have an agenda, to decide for the remaining 75% of the members is wrong and does not pass any sort of common sense test. I commented to our current president that Tim was elected as site coordinator. If Tim says that we need to continue the water that should be the end of the discussion. We voted him in to make decisions for us for the direction of the LZ. The fact that our current president seemingly wants to override our elected site coordinator is more of an indication of the president trying to be a dictator, rather than any form of good governance.
There was a vote in 2019 to pay the CCR for the site access and water. While it was not long term inclusive, for the current president and VP to state that there never was a vote by the membership on the CCR arrangement is not true. This vote was forgotten about by everyone at the recent meeting, but once it was remembered why has the board not put out the information that the statement that “there never was a vote by the membership on paying the CCR” is not true and the current situation is more nuanced and maybe deserves some more long term thought, rather than rushing through a vote that is designed to produce a desired result.
Obviously stopping the water without having plan to replace the water is a ludicrous. No rational person would do that. I think Luke and Tim are the voices of reason here and their advice should be heeded. I will be do so.
Travel up here is very difficult still. Roads that are clear are only one lane wide. Almost was head oned yesterday by a SOCAL gas truck while I was creeping through a snow canyon on my street uphill and he was driving way too fast downhill. This is what 10 feet of snow looks like.
