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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:07 pm Post subject: EAA organization changes |
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Beauford,
May I suggest that you reserve judgment until the recent changes have had a chance to play out? EAA recently laid off 30+ members of the staff in a HQ reorganization. The below letter authored by Paul Poberezny and Rod Hightower was sent out to explain it.
January 24, 2012 – EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower and EAA Founder Paul Poberezny jointly sent a letter to the leaders of EAA's nearly 1,000 chapters, outlining the reshaping and strengthening moves originally announced by the organization recently. In the letter, Hightower and Poberezny highlight how EAA members and aviators will benefit from those changes.
The below is an excerpt that relates to homebuilding.
Chad Jensen, Manager of Homebuilder Communities, has been promoted to EAA's senior leadership team and will report directly to me. You may be interested to know that Chad's position had reported three levels of management below EAA's president for many years. We have elevated Chad's role to a strategic level to ensure our continued leadership in amateur-built aircraft and to lead our future initiatives in homebuilding, including the expansion of our homebuilding area at AirVenture Oshkosh. Chad will also represent our special interest communities, including Homebuilt Aircraft Council, Ultralight Council, IAC, Warbirds, and Vintage by providing them a seat at the senior leadership table for the first time in decades.
That Chad Jensen moved from 3 levels down the management chain to being one of 12 direct reports says to me that Homebuilding and Ultralights will receive more emphasis. The organization may be fixing itself. That's a good thing.
http://www.eaa.org/chapters/resources/articles/120124_letter.asp
PCKing
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beauford
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:09 pm Post subject: EAA organization changes |
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P.C. King wrote:
Beauford,
May I suggest that you reserve judgment until the recent changes have had a chance to play out? EAA recently laid off 30+ members of the staff in a HQ reorganization. The below letter authored by Paul Poberezny and Rod Hightower was sent out to explain it.
http://www.eaa.org/chapters/resources/articles/120124_letter.asp
PCKing
Newsletter Editor
Chapter 150
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Brother King…
Thank you for the information, sir… Sounds promising. Will certainly hide and watch to see what happens.
I believe the homebuilding little guys (and gals) have a real need for an organization with a builder support focus like the EAA of 20
or 25 years ago. I wish Mr. Paul Poberezny the best of luck in his efforts to redirect the organization and will be among the first to resume
my membership when I detect substantive indications that the EAA once again actively supports the grassroots “poor-boy” aviation
builder community. These builders enabled, carried and nurtured EAA when it was on life-support struggling to survive back in the beginning.
They were repaid with abandonment.
I noted that the letter did not mention the role of the son, Tom Poberezny, in the reformed organization. (?) I trust he was not among the 30 purged.
Pardon my cynicism, but a lack of attention to detail is how I ended up in the Army one time…and married on yet another occasion…
Details (or lack of same) can tie a man in knots…
Thanks again for the information.
Beauford
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Brandon, FL
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:16 pm Post subject: EAA organization changes |
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Beauford,
Tom Poberezny formally retired last year when Rod Hightower formally became President.
Hope springs eternal.
Let's see what happens.
Peter
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