These questions are for Steve Johnson.

Steve, the club is in unambiguously awful shape at the moment. Membership as of November 1 was 83, which is an all-time low. In addition, it seems as though lots of people just aren’t having fun because the people who are supposed to be handling administrative issues to facilitate the rest of us having fun are simply allowed to be absent indefinitely. In particular, the President is currently AWOL, three Fleet Commanders are AWOL, and Assistant Fleet Commanders are often absent as well. Several other people went on LOA but have expected end dates for their LOAs in September, e.g. more than 30 days ago, and therefore would be subject to removal exactly as if they were AWOL if things were operating normally.

You are the current Vice President of the club, and therefore are partially responsible for the current state of affairs. With that in mind, I would like to know:

1. Why has this situation been tolerated?
2. Do you plan to continue tolerating this sort of thing if you are elected President? If yes, why? If not, why not and what will you do differently?

Thanks,
Joe