[SJAAboard] Villa Montalvo star party, Aug.10

[Rich N]

Hi Rob,

I would tell the Villa Montalvo people exactly why many of us
are not interested in doing a star party there in August.  In the past
the people at the star party have only been able to observe briefly.
It is hardly a star party, so they aren't really missing anything.

I agree that doing events in the name of the SJAA should be discussed at 
the board meeting first.

Rich

>I talked about this with Jim on Friday. There is an interesting
> philosophical problem here.
> 
> At what point does a personal commitment to do a star party become an
> organizational commitment? If I were to make a commitment as president, does
> that automatically commit SJAA?  Do I have that authority without the advice
> and consent of the board?  
> 
> I thought I understood this then Jim pointed out that he commits all the
> time on behalf of the school star party organization; however, he has his
> own resources to meet his commitments. If something happened the
> organization would back him.
> 
> In this case a cadre of people has been doing these events.  At least last
> year's and this years never made it to the calendar. 
> 
> The problem in this case is that the rest of the organization loathes the
> site for a variety of reasons.  No one is willing to own up to making the
> commitment in the first place so it is hard to evaluate how much of this was
> a personal and how much was an organizational commitment.
> 
> I would like to talk about this a more when everyone is in the same room.
> Maybe this is a unique case and maybe it is a cautionary tale of what we
> should be unilaterally committing to.
> 
> 
> Rob Hawley 
> 
> 
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