IOMICA Candidate Statements
Posted: 08 Sep 2007, 20:43
With the emergence of multiple candidates for many of the Exec positions I thought it would be appropriate to have a forum thread for statements, so here is mine:
My name is Bruce Andersen. I live in Boise, Idaho, USA and have been sailing and racing for over 40 years. I started R/C sailing at the Central Park Model Yacht Club in New York about 15 years ago in Marbleheads then moved to IOM's. My other activities include Neurosurgery and precision machine work (not at the same time).
I have served as Commodore of the CPMYC and Co-Chairman of the USA NCA in the past, and presently serve as VC Events for IOMICA.
I initially decided to run for the post of VC Events again, to offer some continuity from one WC to the next. One thing I noticed when I took this position is that staging a big regatta seems like re-inventing the wheel. Since hosting a big regatta is costly and labor intensive, few clubs volunteering to do so, and I think that the Events Sub-Committee may be able to ease some of this by providing historical data for budgets, paperwork, manpower requirements, etc.
In the intervening few weeks, it appears (at least on this web board) that not all members are happy with the management style offered by the single candidate for Chairman, so I also have been nominated to run for the position of Chairman in order to give the class an alternate choice.
I believe that less government is better, and that IOMICA exists to suit the needs of its membership. I do not belive in fixing problems that do not exist, and I do not believe that I "know" what the class needs - only that the Exec is elected to serve its constituency. Most of all, although rules and regulations exist to create and maintain order, common sense must prevail - after all, this is a model sailboat racing organization not the United Nations!
There have been 2 Executive Councils in our history, with 2 distincly different management styles. Creation of a class framework, with its rules, regulations, and constitution requires a certain set of skills that Lester Gilbert and his Exec did well. Changing with the times and technology, fine tuning rules and regulations, and growing the class requires (IMHO) a different set of skills that Greg Willis and his Exec did well. I feel that my management style fits more with Greg's than with the Lester's, and is what my candidacy has to offer IOMICA.
My name is Bruce Andersen. I live in Boise, Idaho, USA and have been sailing and racing for over 40 years. I started R/C sailing at the Central Park Model Yacht Club in New York about 15 years ago in Marbleheads then moved to IOM's. My other activities include Neurosurgery and precision machine work (not at the same time).
I have served as Commodore of the CPMYC and Co-Chairman of the USA NCA in the past, and presently serve as VC Events for IOMICA.
I initially decided to run for the post of VC Events again, to offer some continuity from one WC to the next. One thing I noticed when I took this position is that staging a big regatta seems like re-inventing the wheel. Since hosting a big regatta is costly and labor intensive, few clubs volunteering to do so, and I think that the Events Sub-Committee may be able to ease some of this by providing historical data for budgets, paperwork, manpower requirements, etc.
In the intervening few weeks, it appears (at least on this web board) that not all members are happy with the management style offered by the single candidate for Chairman, so I also have been nominated to run for the position of Chairman in order to give the class an alternate choice.
I believe that less government is better, and that IOMICA exists to suit the needs of its membership. I do not belive in fixing problems that do not exist, and I do not believe that I "know" what the class needs - only that the Exec is elected to serve its constituency. Most of all, although rules and regulations exist to create and maintain order, common sense must prevail - after all, this is a model sailboat racing organization not the United Nations!
There have been 2 Executive Councils in our history, with 2 distincly different management styles. Creation of a class framework, with its rules, regulations, and constitution requires a certain set of skills that Lester Gilbert and his Exec did well. Changing with the times and technology, fine tuning rules and regulations, and growing the class requires (IMHO) a different set of skills that Greg Willis and his Exec did well. I feel that my management style fits more with Greg's than with the Lester's, and is what my candidacy has to offer IOMICA.