[Ncdxf-bod-sub] KP1 vote

[Don Greenbaum]

I hate to leave John out there in the prairie all alone.

N1DG changes his vote to $35,000.

Don
N1DG

At 06:29 PM 11/21/2014, John Miller wrote:
>$35,000 was and is my vote.  Thanks for sharing your personal rationale.
>
>73,
>John, K6MM
>
>
>
>
>On Nov 21, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Tom Berson wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Thank you each for your thoughtful participation in this discussion and
> > decision. I continue to be amazed by the range of skills, experiences, and
> > points of view present on our board. You have shared not only your minds
> > about the decision, but also often your hearts. And W6OTC especially has
> > done a masterful job as liaison bringing us to this point.
> >
> > One of the annoying things about being President is that I don't get to
> > vote, except to break a tie. I'm not sure whether that restriction is 
> in the
> > Bylaws, but I believe it is an appropriate policy.
> >
> > Anyhow, we have a tie. Here's the state of play
> >
> > $30K -- 3 votes
> > $35K -- 1 vote
> > $40K -- 3 votes
> >
> > If I were a Director _only_ I would vote for $30K. I am on the side of the
> > fiscal conservatives for this one. $30K would become the modal value and
> > would win the election. But as President I am interested in more than this
> > decision, I am overwhelmingly interested in NCDXF and the way we work
> > together going forward. By which I mean that we continue to tell each other
> > what we think and feel about an application, why we think and feel it, and
> > then come to a principled decision based on all the inputs.
> >
> > With that in mind, I think $35K is the right number. It funds this 
> important
> > DXpedition adequately, it respects the range of our opinions, and it
> > acknowledges that we are evenly split.
> >
> > With your permission, that's what I would like us to do: $35K for the KP1-5
> > DXpedition to Navassa.
> >
> > All the best,
> > --Tom ND2T
> >
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