Comments on: Recommendations for Tomorrow’s SCEC Meeting http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/11/21/recommendations-for-tomorrows-scec-meeting/ an informed, savvy take on media & politics in Kentucky Wed, 23 May 2012 23:50:22 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: honestabe http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/11/21/recommendations-for-tomorrows-scec-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-29393 honestabe Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:25:28 +0000 http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/11/21/recommendations-for-tomorrows-scec-meeting/#comment-29393 Maybe the KY GOP will pay the KDP employees....they are making it easy for us.....!!!!! Maybe the KY GOP will pay the KDP employees….they are making it easy for us…..!!!!!

]]> By: M.O. http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/11/21/recommendations-for-tomorrows-scec-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-29365 M.O. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:32:58 +0000 http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/11/21/recommendations-for-tomorrows-scec-meeting/#comment-29365 I have an idea which I think is pretty optimistic: Pay those staffers what they're owed (due to the fact that the KDP is supposed to be a party that supports labor) and fix an error and smooth over a bad reputation. I have an idea which I think is pretty optimistic:

Pay those staffers what they’re owed (due to the fact that the KDP is supposed to be a party that supports labor) and fix an error and smooth over a bad reputation.

]]> By: Optimistic Dem http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/11/21/recommendations-for-tomorrows-scec-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-29363 Optimistic Dem Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:30:18 +0000 http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/11/21/recommendations-for-tomorrows-scec-meeting/#comment-29363 If the employees of the Democratic Party have not been paid or reimbursed then that is absolutely disgraceful and the party should fix it immediately. If they do not have the cash on hand to do so then they need to raise it immediately. Plan an event and raise some dough! I bet if you gave all of them an option they would probably help with the event so they could receive the money that is owed to them. Be honest with them and let them know the financial difficulties the party is going through and let them be part of the solution. My bet is that they all know some people who would contribute to help pay the wages owed. Not that it is their responsibility to do so but it is a solution to the problem. Which brings me to the main point of my posting today…..solutions! I once had a boss that told all of his employees that if we had a problem or saw a problem in the company he would love to hear about it but when we were to speak with him about the problem we had to have an idea or two for a solution. Be proactive! I do believe this concept is one of the best I have learned in my professional life and it should be applied to everything. We lack this in Kentucky with our Democratic Party. Everyone wants to point fingers and blame one or two people for the “downfall” of the Democratic Party when the truth is that it is not any one person’s fault and to even say “downfall” is a complete overstatement. The problems have existed for years and will continue to exist until we change the very nature of the way the party operates. We are working on a model that is outdated and ineffective. It is going to be hard to transition to a party that fully utilizes the benefits of 21st century technologies and organizing cause there will inevitably be push back from a generation of good dems that aren’t familiar with the new technologies. That is where getting the younger people involved can build a bridge over a gap that exists right now. We need to figure out how to make this party work for everyone young and old, city and rural, and everyone in between. We need to make people part of the process not just dictating to them how “it should be done”. Pointing fingers and blaming is easy and I guess for some it is fun but it is not productive. One of my favorite quotes “Be the change you wish to see in this world” by Gandhi is something we should all keep it in mind when discussing the issues that face our party after a disappointing election cycle here in Kentucky. We need to recognize that this is exactly what our President –elect Barack Obama would advocate for….finding what we can do together to make this a better party. If the employees of the Democratic Party have not been paid or reimbursed then that is absolutely disgraceful and the party should fix it immediately. If they do not have the cash on hand to do so then they need to raise it immediately. Plan an event and raise some dough! I bet if you gave all of them an option they would probably help with the event so they could receive the money that is owed to them. Be honest with them and let them know the financial difficulties the party is going through and let them be part of the solution. My bet is that they all know some people who would contribute to help pay the wages owed. Not that it is their responsibility to do so but it is a solution to the problem.
Which brings me to the main point of my posting today…..solutions! I once had a boss that told all of his employees that if we had a problem or saw a problem in the company he would love to hear about it but when we were to speak with him about the problem we had to have an idea or two for a solution. Be proactive! I do believe this concept is one of the best I have learned in my professional life and it should be applied to everything. We lack this in Kentucky with our Democratic Party.
Everyone wants to point fingers and blame one or two people for the “downfall” of the Democratic Party when the truth is that it is not any one person’s fault and to even say “downfall” is a complete overstatement. The problems have existed for years and will continue to exist until we change the very nature of the way the party operates. We are working on a model that is outdated and ineffective.
It is going to be hard to transition to a party that fully utilizes the benefits of 21st century technologies and organizing cause there will inevitably be push back from a generation of good dems that aren’t familiar with the new technologies. That is where getting the younger people involved can build a bridge over a gap that exists right now. We need to figure out how to make this party work for everyone young and old, city and rural, and everyone in between. We need to make people part of the process not just dictating to them how “it should be done”.
Pointing fingers and blaming is easy and I guess for some it is fun but it is not productive. One of my favorite quotes “Be the change you wish to see in this world” by Gandhi is something we should all keep it in mind when discussing the issues that face our party after a disappointing election cycle here in Kentucky. We need to recognize that this is exactly what our President –elect Barack Obama would advocate for….finding what we can do together to make this a better party.

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