John Vee for Secretary '16
Hello. My name is John and I'm the current ONSC Secretary/TLCA Representative. I've been part of ONSC for 4 years now, the last 2 in the Secretary position of the BOD. I enjoy giving back to the club and this BOD position allows it. Besides the regular duties of the job, I feel like the BOD members should also be the ones putting in the lion's share of the work to make our events successful (so members can relax), and I think I've contributed a lot to that. Cooking, cleaning, arriving early, departing late, errand running, writing chapter reports for Toyota Trails magazine (hopefully an article soon!), The Great Yeti Raffle of '15, recruiting members, securing vendors, organizing Charlotte meetings, trying to not teach your kids new words, blah, blah, blah. You know, all the behind the scenes-type stuff. I think I even managed to get in a trail run twice this year!
Two years isn't really a long time to see changes to events that only happen once a year and that's why I'm glad Johnny is running unopposed for President. I'd like the opportunity to help him implement some of the ideas we've discussed, and that members have suggested, to enable smoother happenings at our big events. While the loose feeling of events like Logan's Run make us stand out to other clubs, we've simply grown so large and attract so many non-members that I hope to introduce a little more organization, formality and speed to things like the check-in process and start-of-day. My goal will be to not have any of you complain that those changes are a hassle.
I still plan on helping out as much as they'll let me if the club chooses Alex for this position. New blood is good. I was the new guy last election but I'm not ready to leave yet.
