SOUND DECISIONS NEEDED FOR STRATEGIC PLAN

The upcoming 26 April EXCOM meeting has the new strategic plan on the agenda. Some very important decisions will be made.

There should be advance discussion about plan provisions, and it can take place right here on the weblog. This interactive technology allows ideas, concerns, questions to be presented here, along with reactions and commentary. Unless there is advance preparation, the risk of faulty decision-making is high.

A woman walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. She tells the loan officer that she is going to Taiwan on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer tells her that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the lady hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. She produces the title and everything checks out.

The loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank’s president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the lady for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the lady returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, “Lady, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”

The lady replies, “Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return?”

By his behavior, CDR John Sammons, USPHS (Ret), vice president, is expecting “out of the box” thinking and decision-making.

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