Questions for the Andrew Olson Candidate

Birthday? Marc? Is that today?

Oh, well...

Happy birthday, Marc!!

Thank all of you for the great history lesson(s) about the OCIC and about what the outlook for it might be for the future.

I guess I will try to keep my mouth shut now and wait to see how the election comes out.

Jerry Feather

Feather;11060 wrote: Thank all of you for the great history lesson(s) about the OCIC and about what the outlook for it might be for the future.

I guess I will try to keep my mouth shut now and wait to see how the election comes out.

Jerry Feather

Jerry,

With all due respect, please continue to sing the praises of the candidate of your choice...but talking down his opponent does no good for your candidate, it does more harm than good IMHO.

If EVERYONE would just show enough confidence in their choice(s) to not feel they need to tear down or discredit the other candidate, things would have gone down differently here lately. Plain and simple as that.

To your comment about Andrew not responding to your "threads", it is plain as day to me why he wouldn't, especially in this forum after all that has happened lately. It would be a no win situation and bring him down to the levels of the negativity and vitriol seen here.

If you stop and think about, have you seen people we all respect like, Wally, Gary Knox, Greg Nichols, Marc White and many others "choosing sides" publicly?? We should ALL strive to be more like those real gentlemen have been in relation to this current election.

Cheers,

Dave

You make some very good objective points about it all, Dave. In hindsight of everything, I make a pretty simple assessment of it all AND IT IS JUST MY OPINION. Andrew's points of emphasis in his nomination thread appear to center around his feelings of past failure(s) made by the OC. Clearly, this is the way he sincerely feels as he has campaigned for President twice now on this platform. The reality is that if enough people agree, he will have a chance at leading the way to a new direction for the club. For what's it worth, I don't see any foul in the way Andrew has campaigned.

His comments, some negative in nature, were met with a rebuttal by the sitting President both here and on RL. Again, I see no foul. Just as Andrew should be allowed to pick out faults with this organization under Stan's guidance, Stan should be allowed to defend his record. For whatever reason, though, Stan's rebuttals invited controversy from many members and responses were produced in the form of attacks. Andrew's nomination threads were also met with responses, in the same fashion, by other members.

If all of the rest of us, myself included, could have left it to Stan, James, and Andrew to do the talking then this would have all played out differently. If everyone will have the same ability, as you have shown, to put it behind them and remember that we're all good folks here then everything will be just fine. Politics, at any level, invite conflicting opinions and tough dialogue on occasion. What's important to remember is that both James and Andrew, and all OC members want what's best for the club. It's okay for us to have different ideas about getting there.

Marc White must be the YOUNGEST 60 year old I have ever known! I would have NEVER guessed 60! Good genes Marc!