The short programs and suitcase workshops are very popular and used by a much larger percentage of our membership than the school ever has. This is an area that is not addressed in WOSTEP, is underserved by AWCI, and represents a competitive advantage for us.
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Since education is an important mission of the NAWCC and is why I joined, I would absolutely support shifting the school funds (and even support a dues increase) to creating a series of short (2 to 5 day) courses on vintage watch and clock repair. I will also not support a dues increase to provide a schoool that less than ten people use. However, membership has declined, and that smaller membership is supporting something that is used by less than ten people. When the membership was larger and the organization better funded, it was worth trying to have a school that specialized in teaching repair of vintage timepieces. Sorry, but my vote is to close the school. I am afraid that many board members will not be willing to share their views here and this breach of protocol may result in more polarization of a board of directors that is designed to be a consensus body. I felt that was appropriate in this instance since the action represented a major change in the structure of the organization and needed the reactions of the membership before final decisions were made. If is, of course, very unusual for the topic of a motion to be announced before the board actions transpire. The entire procedure for our electronic meetings may be found on the NAWCC website at. This process is similar to the caucus process used by publicly elected government assemblies. This current period in our board meeting cycle is for the crafting of motions with discussion within the board.
There has not been a motion made on this topic and it will not be made until the 10th of the month. I personally have no problem with such discussions, but I know from conversations with other board members that they do have such objections. Debate that normally is not public is being held here. The discussion seems to me to be moving in a direction that will likely be problematical to a number of directors. We have a forum that is private to the members to do this.īecause this particular topic potentially affects many who are not members, I have not brought up this issue or moved the discussion to the appropriate forum. While I feel this discussion is very useful, we do not normally discuss NAWCC business in this forum.
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