[HCoop-Discuss] My hats

[Franklin Gordon Bynum]

On 09/16/2007 05:19:36 PM, Michael Potter wrote:
> the mob mentality, which is what I felt I was seeing with reference 
> to ntk, is not rational proof of anything save a push to oust 
> someone. 

No group can function when any widely-held agreement is dismissed as 
being the product of some nefarious "mob mentality."  I find AdamC's 
original comment and the conversation that followed to be tempered and 
reasonable.

I am a member who dealt firsthand with ntk's recent lack of 
availability-- more on that another time-- and now I am pretty soberly 
assessing his ability to serve the coop now and in the future.  I find 
his defensiveness disappointing and too retrospective; we need to be 
looking forward and fashioning solutions to past problems.

> I think ousting someone is rather personal, although it's often done 
> with smiles, a calm demeanor and a laundry list of alleged and/or
> exaggerated infractions.

I see absolutely no proof that any of this is personal.  We all like 
ntk.

I am particularly grateful for all the work ntk did to incorporate us, 
and getting our tax exemption.  A few-- myself included-- never 
followed-through with this, and ntk made it happen.  He is one of the 
few people without whom our coop wouldn't be nearly as sophisticated.

That said, his recent performance-- at least "flakiness," at most an 
abdication of duties-- has been less than is needed for the coop to run 
well.

However, this is all moot.  We're not going to remove ntk with a 2/3 
vote of the membership.  He doesn't seem to want to resign, and at this 
point that may not be the most useful course of action.  Board 
elections are months away.  We may expand the board at some point, as 
well, as we grow.

I like ntk a lot, but this recent lack of communication has indeed been 
frustrating.