[Ed Emerick]

Well I had my telephone interview with the Region 7 Nominating Committee tonight and they had some great questions. A majority of the questions were related to my answers to the list of questions provided to me earlier this month. It was interesting to hear the questions regarding declining membership, costs, use of volunteers, and the relationship between the VAC and the WBCCI. I noted that there was concern (questions) regarding how I saw myself in the Region and how my past involvement in the VAC would influence my activities as a Region officer, there seems to be some concern. I hope I was able to describe my intentions as a Region officer and among those intentions are to draw more members by providing activities that of are if interest to younger members. I was also asked if I was willing to ride this out for the six years that the office requires, my answer is of course. I did explain that I am in this to make change, radical change and I know that it won’t happen over night. I also stated that I want to question all that is describe as “this is the way we have always done it”, we need to evaluate all the WBCCI practices.

All in the entire interview was conducted in a very friendly and open manner, I was made to feel at ease. Credit for this goes to the interviewers. All I can say it was conducted with the concerns of the Region at the heart of the matter and was a very positive experience

Thanks guys for taking the time to listen!
Ed