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Old Mon Oct 13, 2008, 11:58pm
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My advice is to vote for someone who will not keep the chapter stagnant. Meaning, someone who is always looking to improve the chapter whether it be in terms of membership fees, getting higher game fees, instantiating new policies, getting the latest training, getting benefits and perks to the chapter, etc.

Being a good umpire would be second fiddle to those other things, but it's sometimes embarrassing when e-board members aren't the strongest officials.

Don't elect someone who's been around forever and will just go through the motions.
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Old Tue Oct 14, 2008, 09:01am
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Being a good umpire is important, so is congeniality, but I want to see someone with the administrative knowledge and fortitude to keep the organization running well, make tough even unpopular decisions, and keep their own act together. Possibly someone who has own or run a small business successfully, because this is exactly what being on the board is, running an operation.
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Old Tue Oct 14, 2008, 12:29pm
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Your best association leader may not be your best umpire and vice versa...ideally your assn' leaders would also be your upper echelon of umpires, but we all know that tends to be the exception as opposed to the rule.
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Old Tue Oct 14, 2008, 01:07pm
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my .02

I believe being a good umpire is a must in my opinion, the respect of the group that you can do the job has got to be there...agreed though you dont have to be the best, but you better be up there...

The other thing is committment level... My association just went through an election process where we elected a new assignor and new officers...there were a number of interested people, but after outlining the job requirements and our vision of what the job entailed, there were fewer candidates...

Due to some health issues and job needs we basically operated our summer association the last 2 years with just the Secretary and Treasurer and the assignor operating as the executive committee....

We now have a new President and Vice President and new assignors...Our treasurer and secretary were reelected. I am looking forward to the advances this group will bring...
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Old Wed Oct 15, 2008, 08:58am
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From my experience of being involved in a number of non-profit organizations you want people who are committed to do the work. They may or may not be the best officials in the organization.
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