Heyas Carl,

But you are playing the old game. The NWALPA MEC game. The game where there WERE diverging viewpoints...so many, in fact, that they DID get aired for all to see. The food was on the walls after the food flight so you could see what was being served in the cafeteria that day. Committee people were responsible to the MEC, because they are the ones that put them on the committees, not just the MEC chairman.

This is the NEW game. The is the game where everyone on the MEC knows each other. They are buds, a gang. And I don't mean that in a bad sense... but like the gang from Lil' Rascals or, dare I say it, the squadron.

I wasn't in the military, so I can't answer, so let me ask you this: What happened to the guy in the squadron that didn't "get along"? Was he or she invited out? Did he or she get to participate in career building extra curricular or leadership activities? When input was desired, was he or she even ASKED for input? Or was the system set up to hustle this person out the door to the next assignment as soon as practical so a person "more in tune with leadership" could take his or her place?

Want to know why there are no minutes from the MEC meetings? Because there WAS no business of substance. All of the real stuff happens at the hospitality suite after the meetings. How much input do the think the "odd man out" would have at those?

Nu