Reaction to DJan being elected

[skr 1]

Welp, with travel plans in place and the Board
meeting only a couple weeks away, DJan's having
been elected is starting to become real.

I had mixed reactions, interest and trepidation,
while she was running. I was around Board meetings
in the 60's and 70's, but I pretty much walked
away from "official" skydiving after the Nationals
in 1972.

I am not an official structure kind of guy.

Sky, clouds, ground, human nature, and the human
experience of jumping out are more along my line,
that and the gratification of showing new jumpers
some of the stuff.

So I'm looking forward to connecting with old
friends, and making some new ones, and seeing
how things have changed, in ways that I've sort
of noticed, but not really followed.

I'm a little mixed about some of the things
she'll probably want my opinion on - should
we have a museum, should the Nationals be here
or there, should the group membership program
be whatever ...

How do I know? That's one reason I never ran
for the Board. But she's the one on the Board,
not me, and she's going to do whatever she's
going to do.

Probably the only thing I really dread, knowing
that she is interested in Safety and Training,
is that I'm going to have to plow through
another five tons of that awful SIM sludge ..

Yuck! :-) :-)

So all in all this is going to be pretty
interesting.

Skr

[PhreeZone 15]

I'm really happy myself... shes a hell of an organizer and if she does the S&T stuff like she organizes.. we have te perfect person. I'm looking forward to seeing her at WFFC again this year

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[flyangel2 2]

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But she's the one on the Board,
not me, and she's going to do whatever she's
going to do.

You and I both know that DJan is very strong headed, and will stand her ground if she feels it's for the better.

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Probably the only thing I really dread, knowing
that she is interested in Safety and Training,
is that I'm going to have to plow through
another five tons of that awful SIM sludge ..

And that's why we love you

I believe that things happen for a reason. It was only after DJan's accident did people in Colorado start taking a serious look at how canopy control was taught. If anyone is going to push for safer training it's going to be DJan. Now is that really a bad thing? I think not.
You Skr, will be support that DJan needs when she is feeling the stress of her new position. If anyone can do it, it's you.
IMO I think the Mountain Conference got a great deal when they voted DJan in, we got two for the price of one.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey