Post by: ST2UP on October 24, 2015, 12:26:27 PM
The OzSTOC leadership team as we have evolved has always used a method of selecting members to undertake roles within the club based on their passion for OzSTOC, contribution to the group, skill set and all round suitability to the role. This commenced from the conception of the club with Diesel bringing Streak into the equation.
Soon after Saaz and Brock where poached as forum Moderators to the club, followed sometime later by Whizz who assisted in an administration role and data collection as well as his Moderation duties then Pockey was added to the skill mix to add the feminine touch to the forum and for the Pillions section.
These roles were selected by the previous Leadership team in Diesel and Streak, in late 2013 Pockey and I where approached by Diesel & Streak with a proposal to take on the leadership role of OzSTOC as they wished to retire from the leadership roles and focus on other commitments, after many weeks of negotiating, soul searching and research we agreed providing Saaz would come in as a third partner for the sake of transparency as we believed having a married couple at the helm could lead to a poor decision making process in the event of a stalemate. Saaz agreed and we moved forward with the new leadership team in early 2014.
One of the early concepts we put in place was State/Territory Ride Co-ordinators, National Rally Co-ordinator and a Facebook moderator and shop caretaker. The rationale behind additional members taking on these extra positions was to lighten the load of the Leadership team and to better provide a collective focus on the clubs growth as we now were well beyond 600 members. We in the leadership roles found these appointments enriched the members OzSTOC experience based on the feedback and encouragement we have received.
We now find ourselves in a position that through natural attrition and tragedy that a void now exist in the OzSTOC team. Streak asked to be removed as a Moderator nearly 12 months ago and Whizz and Saaz are no longer with us, and in many ways have left an irreplaceable emptiness, but as an organization we must move into our future.
The previous and current leadership teams have received some backlash in the past from a minority of members about the way our organizational structure was selected and appointed into various roles within OzSTOC and further questioned the transparency of the process. To this end, we are going to utilize a very different format to hopefully alleviate future concerns about this process, but more importantly give a member/s who have a genuine desire along with those already in these varied roles to help propel OzSTOC into the future. Selecting and approaching members into these roles has been an arduous task in the past, but I'm sure the vast majority will agree that for a organization that is not a registered club with a constitution or business plan we have made good choices and selected members who's genuine focus have the best interests of the group as paramount.
So how this is going to play out..... :think1
I'm requesting a member/s with a genuine passion for OzSTOC, its members and our principals to consider the following offer.......
We are looking for a current member to come on board the OzSTOC leadership team with Pockey and I, to make the third voice in the clubs direction and decision making processes. The member would also become a Moderator of the clubs forum to assist Brock, Diesel, Pockey and I. This is open to ALL OzSTOC members regardless of duration of membership, forum post counts or popularity etc. But one exclusion to many members will be the tyranny of distance.....in the past the leadership team has meet a few times each year face to face in addition to RTE's to discuss many aspects of the clubs direction, the prospective member would need to be east coast based or seriously prepared to travel. Pockey, Saaz and I have had far more meetings in strange places than members realize over the last 18 months :eek
It should be obvious but I will state it for the record, there is absolutely no remuneration package with this role or ours, in fact to be brutally honest....it will cost you money, while not a fortune its a job of love and can not be taken lightly. It will cost you sleep, it can impinge on family life and not everyone is going to like the decisions you help make, but it does have its little personal rewards occasionally when a plan comes together :thumb
If I haven't lost you yet and you think you have the passion, willingness and commitment that is considerable :o send a PM to me please with your claim for the position by 15th of November 2015, Poll will go live the following day and close at the end of November 2015.
We will then post a poll on our forum so the collective membership can research and vote for the candidate who they believe to be best suited for the role. We will hide the Poll results until the completion of the Poll and then release the results to the forum for all to see the final count.
Now this is important!!.....If we get minimal participation and votes in the OzSTOC Forum Poll this will indicated to us that you wish us to remain with the status quo in regards to member position selection and have us chose a suitable and willing candidate as in the past. Further if there is only one applicant they will need to be approved by the majority, consisting of Pocket STocker, Brock, Diesel, myself and StinkyPete the National Rally Co-ordinator to give us total of 5 in the selection quorum. If we have no applicants, then we will get on with the task at hand managing the day to day activities of the club as we have been and using the best practices we have worked by in the past hopefully entice a suitable candidate into the role.
I know this all sounds quiet political for an apolitical group, but it will provide a transparency to the process that we have been told is lacking in the past.
:beer
Post by: Brock on October 24, 2015, 12:40:44 PM
Post by: StinkyPete on October 24, 2015, 12:48:22 PM
Post by: Brian on October 24, 2015, 12:54:25 PM
I appreciate what you guys do, as your predecessors have in the past in what can be a thankless time consuming role.
Whoever does step up would need to consider the commitment,passion and time sacifice that the position demands.......it ain't easy at the top.
Cheers Brian
Post by: Streak on October 24, 2015, 01:09:09 PM
Post by: Gadget on October 24, 2015, 01:25:29 PM
Firstly Chris and Jean, is you might want set a deadline for nominations to close, say 3 weeks, to give members who are considering it, time to talk with family and friends and then release the poll with a similar defined closing period, to allow for members who travel etc time to log in and vote.
The other thing I would suggest is leave it open to all and make use of video conferencing if you can. It takes a little getting used to the small time delay, but over Internet is cheap.
Cheers,
Gary
Post by: SteveR on October 24, 2015, 01:35:22 PM
Post by: Biggles on October 24, 2015, 04:04:34 PM
Have you thought about creating the position of Honorary Proof Reader? :rofl
Post by: ST2UP on October 24, 2015, 04:54:03 PM
Well thought out.
Have you thought about creating the position of Honorary Proof Reader? :rofl
The club couldn't possible afford your skills of critique Bill.....But you did say Honorary :think1
Can I send you the young blokes homework to start with :butt
:beer
Post by: ST2UP on October 24, 2015, 09:05:20 PM
There are two things I could add.
Firstly Chris and Jean, is you might want set a deadline for nominations to close, say 3 weeks, to give members who are considering it, time to talk with family and friends and then release the poll with a similar defined closing period, to allow for members who travel etc time to log in and vote.
The other thing I would suggest is leave it open to all and make use of video conferencing if you can. It takes a little getting used to the small time delay, but over Internet is cheap.
Cheers,
Gary
Thanks Gadget, post update......Expression of interest for the role close 15/11/2015 with the poll opening the 16/11/2015 and closing at the end of November 2015.
We talked and played with conferencing briefly, in that session the 2 main issues that arose where our internet speed lets us down and we spent 5 minutes looking at the other parties still shot and we had a couple of products that we needed to manually assess. But there may be times it's possible :think1
Thanks for the input :thumbsup
Post by: Philbo on October 24, 2015, 09:38:22 PM
I'd like to congratulate the leadership team for doing a great job! The forum is interesting and informative and very supportive of those of us with a love of motorcycling.
I would personally prefer to trust the current committee to select or encourage additional members. If it came to a ballot, I don't know if I would have enough information about the candidate to decide suitability or compatibility with the existing group
Phil
Post by: Shiney on October 25, 2015, 07:03:03 AM
Post by: ST2UP on October 25, 2015, 07:09:53 AM
Pat on backs time!
I'd like to congratulate the leadership team for doing a great job! The forum is interesting and informative and very supportive of those of us with a love of motorcycling.
I would personally prefer to trust the current committee to select or encourage additional members. If it came to a ballot, I don't know if I would have enough information about the candidate to decide suitability or compatibility with the existing group
Phil
Your correct, it is a big broad group of members spread Australia wide......but can I recommend to assist you in your vote (If you chose to vote) is to research the quality and content of the candidates post on the form, this may provide some insight :think1
Thanks for your confidence Phil :-++
:beer
Post by: gaz on October 25, 2015, 10:14:39 AM
I look forward to seeing how this goes, good luck to everyone that puts their name forward :thumbsup
think it is a fantastic idea, :crackup
Post by: Marcus on October 26, 2015, 11:55:03 AM
Post by: Sicman on October 26, 2015, 12:13:14 PM
Post by: spanner on October 26, 2015, 12:29:47 PM
Having been (and currently still on) a number of boards I can say there is a huge benefit to the working progress when all board members are on the same page.
As there is no financial benefit ( nor could there possibly be ) I like the idea of the current board members choosing someone they can and want to work with.
I understand the issues about transparency and the like but again we are not a financially motivated club and as you said it will actually cost the board members to be a part of it.
I will support the executive if they choose someone and I will also support members if it comes to a vote...... although I think we are going to have had enough of electioneering in the coming months with some State and federal elections due and also a lot of councils are coming up for renewal as well. :fp
Post by: STeveo on October 26, 2015, 03:55:50 PM
An old saying, 'We may not see eye to eye, but at least we are all looking in the same direction'.
Post by: Skip on October 26, 2015, 07:36:39 PM
Post by: Brock on October 26, 2015, 08:13:32 PM
Due to be doubled at Xmas..
o:) o:) o:) o:) o:) o:) o:)
Post by: STroppy on October 26, 2015, 08:18:13 PM
Post by: Sicman on October 26, 2015, 08:18:23 PM
Post by: ST2UP on November 17, 2015, 06:44:54 AM
Well the 15th November closing date has come and gone, thank you for the PM's of support and the support of the current and previous leadership and moderation team :thumbsup
We had 1x phone call to ask a couple of questions but no ensuing PM and 1x PM for the role.
Based on only the 1 application the 5 admin/moderation members mentioned above will now discuss and vote.
Stay tuned.
:popcorn
Post by: Shiney on November 17, 2015, 03:58:21 PM
Post by: Gadget on November 17, 2015, 04:03:39 PM
opcorn opcorn opcorn opcorn
Post by: Gadget on November 17, 2015, 04:05:02 PM
opcorn opcorn opcorn opcorn
Post by: Brian on November 17, 2015, 04:48:12 PM
Post by: Gadget on November 17, 2015, 05:58:09 PM
*passes around the h'orderves......Why thank you very much. Don't mind if I do.
Post by: Jglan10 (Onesie) on November 17, 2015, 06:15:13 PM
Post by: Sicman on November 17, 2015, 07:30:48 PM
Post by: ST2UP on November 17, 2015, 08:29:54 PM
The only applicant who absolutely has some note worthy qualities to bring to the mix was unsuccessful at a vote of 5-0.
The greatest issue that over shadowed all the positives that the applicant brought to the plate was the simple fact that should Pockey and I decide to step down in the future as Diesel and Streak have done and where entitled to do, this single member of the Leadership team would need to take point on the entire club and further try to enlist help as we have. The applicant made it clear that they where willing to "Help" run the club and would do as we wished....I think they would hate us if we dropped the OzSTOC football in their lap :eek
The applicant will remain nameless by the selection team :wink1 but can feel free to advise IF they wish ;-*
Thank you if you considered putting your hand up for this role :-++
So its back to business as usual and we will continue to search and foster members as it has been done in the past to move into the future. I hope this process was transparent enough and showed enough member confidence in past and current OzSTOC Leadership teams to just get on with it :wink1
Cheers
Post by: Brian on November 17, 2015, 08:52:25 PM
Well done to all participants for the time spent and to 'that' person thank you for stepping up ....Cheers Brian
Post by: Brock on November 17, 2015, 09:03:36 PM
Being the shop front isnt a job I would take on, it can be difficult enough operating behind the scenes.
Post by: Biggles on November 17, 2015, 10:04:24 PM
Just don't fall off your perch (I deduce you share the one, love birds) because obviously none of us are ready to take on the job you do.
Post by: Gadget on November 18, 2015, 06:19:39 AM
I hope you find a third wheel to make that easier.
Thanks to the member who put their hand up. It was a lot of responsibility and not many are willing to take that on.
Post by: Shiney on November 18, 2015, 07:04:20 AM
Chris and Jean, thanks again for all you do.
I hope you find a third wheel to make that easier.
Thanks to the member who put their hand up. It was a lot of responsibility and not many are willing to take that on.
My thoughts exactly :thumbsup
Post by: gaz on November 20, 2015, 07:52:34 PM