Re: Convention Survey

[Robt R Pries <rpries@sbcglobal.net>]

I placed the results out on discuss because I wanted
to make sure everyone had a chance to see what the
poll showed. It does not necessarilly reflect my
personal opinions on each question but I have tried to
represent it fairly. When the the changes were
proposed I did not speak out against them because they
were eminently logical and a honest representation of
how a judge attains this status essentially by being
there for 15 years. Unfortunately logic does not
always trump emotion. Emotionally it is a come down to
not only be reminded that one is old (Senior) but to
have the assumption removed that that experience no
longer implies mastery. I regret that I was not more
sensitive to how our judges might feel about this
change. One survey commented that maybe we should have
polled the judges before we made the change. I
personally had always dreamed about being rewarded
someday with the title of Emeritus  and was a bit
dissappointed for that to be demoted, in my mind, to
master but apparently some people don't associate the
word with the high honor that I do. Compared to the
complaints that I have recieved the convention poll
was not skewed as far as i would have expected against
the change, which leaves me a bit ambivalent. Perhaps
those unaffected do not find the change as repulsive
as the master judges themselves. At this point I feel
it would be wise to hear more comment from those few
who read AIS Discuss.

--- CEMahan@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/18/2007 6:57:20 P.M. Eastern
> Daylight Time,  
> MORRISJE1@aol.com writes:
> 
> To  all,
> 
> This is an emotional issue.  At every Judges'
> Training  session we have  
> given 
> this year (8) and Regional Conventions we have 
> attended (4) this issue was  
> brought up and loudly complained about  by long-time
> AIS Judges affected by  
> it. 
> The majority do not  like this change nor the change
> from  Emeritus to 
> Master. 
> 
> My  own Region 18 Board (consensus discussion)
> requested me to ask AIS to   
> readdress the subject as our Regional Judges'
> Training Co-Chairmen have  
> received  
> nothing but complaints about the title  changes.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> The above comments by Jim Morris reflect my views
> exactly! Clarence  Mahan
> 
> 
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