HOW WE HELP EACH OTHER GROW

As we approach Rally 2006 we can expect to obtain important information from the formal speakers and gain new experiences through our interpersonal contacts. We hope to gain new insights and ideas useful for application at our home chapters.

We’re living in a time when it’s all about me, a self-centered, look out for #1, consumer- oriented society. However, some of us are trying hard to passionately, recklessly, and wholeheartedly make a difference.

We want to reach out to the military community, specifically our attendance group, with full knowledge the group can accomplish a lot more than the individual working alone. Growth is not a solo pursuit. Rally 2006 will offer many opportunities for learning and new experiences, both at the individual and organization levels.

There will be many opportunities to encourage each other, to build each other up. Ours is often such a demotivating world, with negative and unwholesome talk prevailing. MOAA is a very substantial professional organization with a timely contemporary message; the last thing we want to do is turn people off. We want to move our members forward according to their needs.

We need to spur each other on to greater heights and we can do it by providing a truly motivating environment, something we all can and need to contribute to. And through our guest speakers and small group interactions will will educate, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom. We will be discussing some critical issues that will perhaps define the Council’s future, and we should not despair but rather speak the truth while providing encouragement. Let us not cause others to lose the will to continue.

There will be plenty of opportunity to affirm and publicize the capabilities, talents, skills and abilities of those in attendance, a wide range of education, training, personal development, and military/civilian world experiences. Many of those attending Rally 2006 are absolute masterpieces when it comes to capabilities, particularly leadership capabilities. In a changing world, when there are so many specific needs identified, we need to recognize individual talents, advertise them, and ask that they be used to build up the group, bring the Council to a much greater level of maturity.

It is clear already that mistakes have been made, far-ranging mistakes but specifically mistakes made planning for Rally 2006, mostly based on false assumptions. If we talk about the issues, recognize where we went wrong, literally admit the mistakes to one another, and honestly, we will be brought closer together. It will be a significant new learning experience.

Finally, there will be chances to help each other grow individually towards maturity, knowledgeable in MOAA affairs, and with necessary leadership and management experiences which could lead to future Council and chapter leadership opportunities. Information will be provided helping others feel and understand how long, wide and deep the MOAA message happens to be, positioning everyone to do what is right and timely, and with a spirit of wisdom.

With new information and experiences, we will all get along better and move to greater levels of effectiveness, to greater growth.

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