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Hi, Dan,
I think you have a number of cogent points which
are important and relevant.
To give you my take on these issues: Heretofore,
it might be safe to say that the process of managing
our affairs has been perhaps a wee bit out of control.
However, there is currently a major push underway
to gain control of these various processes. For my
part, I think the progress that has been made has
been significant, and the efforts are headed towards
success.
Of course, this is a generalized answer for very
specific questions, which I expect you will not find
satisfactory, and understandably so.
Which brings us -- I believe -- to the issue of
reporting. I think it fair to say that an implicit
part of the process of introducing process to an enterprise
such as our cooperative would be to have effective
and comprehensive reporting. Not pabulum,
but substantial communication.
That said, it is an obvious thing to point out that
our progress has not carried us that far. Yet.
Unfortunately, I am unable to answer your specific
questions -- I just don't know the answers. I apologize
for this.
So let me end on the note of reassuring you to the
point that I think all of your questions are the kinds
of quality inquiries that we need more of, and could
have greatly benefited from over the years.
I urge you to continue asking them. I do not ask
patience: The sense of urgency that most of us (if
not all of us) have on the Board -- and share with
you, and hopefully countless others -- would not benefit
from apathy or discouragement or passivity. And, of
course, you have a right to these answers.
-Eric
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