Members count. So should their proxies.
Proxies are gathered via traditional politicking. Campaigning. Pressing the flesh. Engaging people. meeting them. Listening. Preaching. Convincing, or being convinced. Being Present. Caring.
The upside is huge. SO MANY MORE PEOPLE are engaged and educated!
I lost a run for 3D Fab chair once due to not campaigning. @axeonos did campaign, and beat me readily. Yet she and I worked together to address many of the concerns I had at the time about 3D fab, and the committee was better for us working together.
I recently won an election because I did campaign. Passionately. I learned much from talking to over 200 people. I did not get all of their support. Even some of my friends didn’t vote for me. I learned, and am still learning, from that. Plus I learned from the many that did vote for me.
After that election, I wrote the following doc on Sept 8th in support of Proxies. The doc gets better towards the end.
proxies count.pdf (70.1 KB)
I cannot imagine how much better 3D Fab will be from the 400+ people that @engpin and @maxk68 engaged. Before, meetings only had 3-7 people. Either way, Jayson has 100+ people that trusted him and will hold him accountable.
(fyi - I feel the same for those that voted for me - and those that did not)
Cheers to those at truly interact with membership when they lead. I hope to live up to that commitment.
- john