Theos-Talk Archives (December 1999 Message tl00237)

	An organization also needs workers who try to help it grow. If you are
a worker but not an officer, you are a dedicated member. If you are an
officer without being a worker, you are a good officer. If you try to be
both, people suddenly become suspicious, and think you are trying to
take over. Once they think that, they will do everything, honorable or
not, in their power to stop you.

	What I realized is that the only difference between what happened to
Alan and what happened to John Algeo is that John had a strong,
organized body of support and was willing to use it.

hesse600 wrote:
>Bart wrote:
> >       And Alan has done an excellent job convincing me to never run for TSA
> > office (although I seem to keep getting elected VP of the Northeast
> > Federation, probably largely because I don't show up for the actual
> > elections....)
...
> I am not sure that that is the way to go, because, someone
> has to do it. I mean, officers have a dirty job, but it has
> to be done, no, or do we want a TS in which the people who
> do not know the pitfalls to be presidents and
> vicepresidents etc.? I mean, the organisation needs
> officers.