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“While we are grateful for these and other accomplishments during his tenure, the Board has made the decision that Chuck is no longer the right person to lead Cascade into its next phase of growth and opportunity,” said Chris Weiss, chair of the Club’s Board of Directors.’

This shocking Cascade board action seems appropriate for an organization making the switch from a responsible, activist, environmentally sound cycling club by and for cyclists into an organization becoming nothing more than a political machine feeding on itself.
I hope I’m wrong.

btw: Group Health is the only business in Bremerton/Kitsap County who refused to allow a flyer announcing the 1st major COPD Seattle public event in Washington state by the non-profit, American Lung Association of Washington.
Funny thing, two of the speakers were employed by Group Health!

Sharon O’Hara, COPD and Other Stuff
reader/patient blog, Kitsap Sun

I know that Group Health Cooperative pays for the STP as part of its advertising budget. (Is Peter Morgan the same Peter Morgan that is an executive at Group Health?) Do other large corporations contribute as well? Do our taxes pay for any of CBC’s efforts? When did CBC cease to be a bicycle club and become a lobbying organization?

I really think we need to know more about this… and to follow the money. CBC has a big influence on taxpayer spending in Seattle, given only 13,000 members.

I agree that the larger directional and cultural re-orientation is the key issue here. The more recent statement from Chris Weiss hints at a little more backstory, but this is still voiced in platitudes and mushy prose. I have seldom seen so little said in so many words.

Consequently, we are left with the impression that the Board has ambitions but no clear vision for the future. You would think they would have charted this new vision in collaboration with the members before they started their campaign of “transition in leadership”. It is likely they are just going on a fishing expedition — guided by ambition, not clear goals — at the expense of Chuck and the club.

This situation ultimately was set in motion by the (stealth) 2008 change in bylaws that turned Cascade from a member-driven club to a board-driven organization. The board is self-appointed and there is no mechanism for members to affect change except by board recall. It might make sense to do that now rather than later since the damage to the club is already done.

http://cascade.org/About/pdf/Cascade-Bicycle-Club-bylaws_2008.pdf

See Article XIII Section 2:

“The slate of directors recommended by the Nominating Committee shall be
presented to the Board not later than its August Board meeting for the Board’s review and approval. The final slate submitted to the General Membership for election at the Annual Business Meeting shall include those candidates for director recommended by the Nominating Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.”