State Coordinator of Illinois

[shawn]

I love that last post Bruce... I love the course and everything that this event stands for.  If your good enough you can get in...  

[Bruce Brakel]

There are a couple of ways into the event that are not well publicized.  Turns out I allegedly could have gone this year but I only found out about the alleged unused exemption that I could have grabbed about a week before the event.  The Cam Todd deal was still taking up a lot of time and I could not get off work on such short notice.  Maybe my arm was toasted at that point too.  Surely the sun was in my eyes, I got stopped by a train and they lost my tux at the cleaners.  

So I might be able to go next year if that exemption really exists, still exists and the guys in line ahead of me all pass on it again.  If I wind up talking to Harold between now and then, I'll have to ask him about it, and then come up with some game plan for getting to the front of the line.  It won't be by beating them all on the course.  

Plenty of guys who suck get in on the various exemptions.  Harold likes to have those players there for reasons that make sense to Harold.  I'm fine with that.  
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Vote if you can vote.  Remember, you can vote now and renew later.  Even if you live in Wisconsin, there is also the Constitutional proposal that has the added benefit of limiting my next term.  So vote.

[CEValkyrie]

Don't forget to send in your votes.

[Dan Michler]

when do we find out the results?  i saw wilbur played in a whopping 1 tournament last year.  jon played in 5 (granted he was helping run 4 of those   ).

[Jon Brakel]

when do we find out the results?  i saw wilbur played in a whopping 1 tournament last year.  jon played in 5 (granted he was helping run 4 of those   ).

I think we find out in early January. But I guess Wilbur already knows the results since he has told the Rockford crew that the State Coordinator is going to have a meeting with the state TDs in Jan or Feb.

[Chainmeister]

Jon

I guess you better mark your schedule.

[whofarted]

the e mail i recieved from him said nothing about him being state coordinator, i wouldn't read into that too much.

[Bruce Brakel]

Congratulations, Jon!  Way to uphold the family tradition by winning by one vote!

I'm going to USDGC!!!  [Just kidding on that last bit.]  :grin:

[SERG]

Bruce, do you know if the 9.1% voting is fairly average compared to recent years? I will admit, I did not vote...only because I cannot find where I put my renewal packet...but it just doesn't seem worth sending out over 8000 ballots and getting less than 10% back.

Maybe there is a way to do voting online? It seems there's always people on the PDGA Discussion board. If people are visiting the site they may be more apt to vote there.

[Chainmeister]

While you are at it Bruce, what does the Oversight Director do?  Congrats to both you and Jon.

[CEValkyrie]

Congrats Jon![/size]

[airspuds]

hey how bout that  

anyone heard complaining can be put in their place easily

i think it is horrible that only 9 % returned  ballots


now i know why most of the discers bitch and moan about everything all the time but dont wont do anything to resolve problems or issues

congrats jon

who would have though discontinuum members could swing an election

by the way "robert walsh" got 1 vote as a write in (as usual)

[Jon Brakel]

I'd like to thank the 18 people who voted for me and Wilbur for everything that he has done and continues to do for disc golf in Illinois.

[mirth]

Congrats, Jon. Now the state is really going to hell in a handbasket!

[Bruce Brakel]

While you are at it Bruce, what does the Oversight Director do?  Congrats to both you and Jon.
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Bruce, do you know if the 9.1% voting is fairly average compared to recent years? I will admit, I did not vote...only because I cannot find where I put my renewal packet...but it just doesn't seem worth sending out over 8000 ballots and getting less than 10% back.

Maybe there is a way to do voting online? It seems there's always people on the PDGA Discussion board. If people are visiting the site they may be more apt to vote there.

The Oversight Director is specificly entrusted with making sure that the PDGA follows its Constitution and rules.  I have actually had several opportunities to fulfill that role over the last four months, sometimes at the request of the commissioner, sometimes sua sponte.  It is a role for someone who thinks like a lawyer.  In other words, sometimes you have to be the a-hole to do the job.

9.1% turnout is normal for a state with a contested election.  If you go through the voting results you'll see that one guy ran unopposed and got zero votes!  Less than 10% participation overall is normal also.  Most members join the PDGA to get the magazine, to play their regional A-tier or Major, to get a rating, to support the sport, but not so they can vote in the elections.  

Apathy is o.k.  It makes the vote of those who care worth more.  In a close vote like that, if you really care, you can buy a membership for your wife and kid and pet turtle and vote four times!  

I think the last time e-voting came up I was not yet the Oversight Director but was helping out with oversight issues.  The problem with e-voting is that under the Constitution we have to conduct the vote in such a way that every member with a current address gets a ballot delivered to him.  Not every member is e-capable.  We also have to ensure that no one votes both by paper ballot and computer.  About the only way to do it would be to have the members check off their preferred means of voting on the membership form.  Otherwise, our Constitutional voting procedures would allow e-voting.  

[Bruce Brakel]

The Oversight Director is also a board member who votes on everything the Board votes on.  The PDGA board minutes can be found on PDGA.com but this is my warning: if you hunt them down and read them and we find out, we will force you to serve in some higher capacity.

[SERG]

Thanks for the reply, Bruce.

Congrats to both Bruce and Jon.

[Wilbur]

Congratulations Jon. Good luck in your new position. You have my full support.

[Dan Michler]

by 1 vote!  thats crazy.  good thing it wasn't the other way around or u could have blamed me for not changing my address which caused me to not receive my ballot.

[whofarted]

hey, now we actually have a disc golfer as a state coordinator!  congradulations brah....