על ידי צבי טף » א' אוקטובר 02, 2011 1:14 am
[ltr]Hi
I have a few comments about the FLOW meeting of last week and about the membership invitation page.
1. The entire meeting was in Hebrew. Since one of the members cannot speak Hebrew, it would be curteous and sensible to have the meeting in English
2. The meeting was supposed to be open to the public from 2030 and it was stated that the open part would involve discussion of the status of the various fields as well as future allocation of funds next year etc
בישיבה יידונו מצב הענפים השונים, חלוקת משאבים לשנה הקרובה ועוד.
In fact, there was no discussion at all of the status,or the allocation of funds
Instead, the entire discussion (from what I understand also before 2030) was dedicated to the cost of membership to FLOW
Well, first of all this issue was not explicitly on the agenda, and I travelled a very long distance to hear other things.
Secondly, this issue was already discussed in a former meeting and even decided upon.
This was clarified to me by Tomer. Although I respect his consideration that the board may have erred in the decision on the cost of membership and related costs such as costs of participating in events , and thus he opens the discussion to debate, I don't think that it was right to spend a whole meeting on the issue. also the decisions even if not ideal or taking into consideration everything, are after all decisions. I appeal to Tomer and the rest of the board not to repeat this in the future - if an issue is so important, please publish the protocol and let people make a SHORT response if they have comments or objections, before deciding. You could also say that if the issues are so important they should have volunteered to be on the board. In the meeting last week some people went on for hours on this, too much.
I also note that in the year 2008 when I was the head of FLOW, the last decision made when I was in the position was to have a zero budget, but only a few months later it was discovered that was impossible. I appeal to the board not to make a minimum cost membership but rather a realistic one that will allow the sports and FLOW to grow.
3. The membership page is addressed, at least in the Hebrew part, only to ultimate palyers. does that mean that FLOW is only for ultimate? that you have to be an ultimate player to be a member of FLOW?
4. When you change the place of meeting, please let people know , and also leave your phones on so people can call you when they get to Dizengof 10 and find no one!!!
5. The discussions and comments of FLOW meetings and other issues does not belong under "general discussion" - various nonsense. Please give the discussion a proper place in the forum[/ltr]