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Wednesday Nov 25, 2009 #
night running (trails) 1:16:43 [3]
weight:141lbs shoes: mudclaw 270
Wednesday evening on Mt. Toby, only hardcore tonight, Donna and Rob, as it was raining. Seems like it's been raining all week. The trails are certainly wet, lots of mud and puddles and slippery rocks and roots and leaves.
I imagine this is what it is like to live in the Pacific Northwest? And you just live with it? Actually I've been coping pretty well this week, running each day plus chasing the little white ball each day (it's been quite lonely out there), and enjoying both.
Highlight from this evening was the beaver. It seemed to me that it was a big and very fat beaver, but I know that I have never seen one so close up, so maybe all beavers are equally big and fat. We were just about done, a narrow trail along Cranbury Pond, Rob in the lead, maybe 10 yards ahead of me, when he called out, "Porcupine." And then very quickly added, "No, beaver."
And it's on the trail too, coming our way, and Rob has just missed it, and it's heading right towards me, not in attack mode I don't think. Passes right by my feet and about a yard past me takes a sharp left down a little chute into the water. Big wide flat tail. Very cool!
Nice run. "Short truncated" route. Misty and foggy to start, then slowly raining more, mid 40s. One header, 100 yards from the end, I don't think any serious damage.
I imagine this is what it is like to live in the Pacific Northwest? And you just live with it? Actually I've been coping pretty well this week, running each day plus chasing the little white ball each day (it's been quite lonely out there), and enjoying both.
Highlight from this evening was the beaver. It seemed to me that it was a big and very fat beaver, but I know that I have never seen one so close up, so maybe all beavers are equally big and fat. We were just about done, a narrow trail along Cranbury Pond, Rob in the lead, maybe 10 yards ahead of me, when he called out, "Porcupine." And then very quickly added, "No, beaver."
And it's on the trail too, coming our way, and Rob has just missed it, and it's heading right towards me, not in attack mode I don't think. Passes right by my feet and about a yard past me takes a sharp left down a little chute into the water. Big wide flat tail. Very cool!
Nice run. "Short truncated" route. Misty and foggy to start, then slowly raining more, mid 40s. One header, 100 yards from the end, I don't think any serious damage.
Note
Note -- the following is in no way to be construed as a rant or a complaint.... :-)
I happened to be copied on an e-mail today that was inquiring into what progress Glen (USOF's ED) was making. This was from someone who has been very supportive of that position, as I have been, except he has also contributed a good number of dollars to help fund the position, which I have not yet done. Though I am thinking that would be a good thing to do.
And this person was wondering how Glen was doing. Actually, to be more precise, wondering (A) what goals had been set up for Glen, and (B) how he was doing in relation to those goals.
Reasonable questions.
In fact a set of goals -- I believe the term being used is "metrics" -- is in place for 2009, and I believe a set is being worked on for 2010. This is good. Part A taken care of.
Part B is measuring how he is doing in relation to these metrics. Here I have no idea how he is doing (though I know he has been very busy). I've seen a number of brief updates from him, but all very general. I don't know at what point this assessment will or should take place. Also, a good bit of it may more appropriately be kept private. But at least some information ought to be provided to the members of the Federation.
So far that has not happened.
As far as Part A, if you are interested in the details, Clare send an e-mail to the Board in October --
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To all Board Members:
Please refer to the attached document. This has been approved by the
compensation committee and serves as the official metrics document for
2009. These are the metrics that we will be measuring Glen against for
this year. This information is being provided to all board members so
that you can know what has been agreed upon as Glen's primary focus for
this year. The 2010 metrics have been under development for some time
and are currently being revised based on the outcomes of the strategic
planning session. We hope to have them finalized by the end of the year.
Clare Durand
USOF President
-----
She also included a copy of the metrics.
As I said at the outset, I'm not objecting to anything. I have high hopes for Glen, thinking maybe I will live to see the time that I can tell someone about O' and they already know what it is.
I do think, however, that a little transparency is often a good thing, and therefore this post....
I happened to be copied on an e-mail today that was inquiring into what progress Glen (USOF's ED) was making. This was from someone who has been very supportive of that position, as I have been, except he has also contributed a good number of dollars to help fund the position, which I have not yet done. Though I am thinking that would be a good thing to do.
And this person was wondering how Glen was doing. Actually, to be more precise, wondering (A) what goals had been set up for Glen, and (B) how he was doing in relation to those goals.
Reasonable questions.
In fact a set of goals -- I believe the term being used is "metrics" -- is in place for 2009, and I believe a set is being worked on for 2010. This is good. Part A taken care of.
Part B is measuring how he is doing in relation to these metrics. Here I have no idea how he is doing (though I know he has been very busy). I've seen a number of brief updates from him, but all very general. I don't know at what point this assessment will or should take place. Also, a good bit of it may more appropriately be kept private. But at least some information ought to be provided to the members of the Federation.
So far that has not happened.
As far as Part A, if you are interested in the details, Clare send an e-mail to the Board in October --
-----
To all Board Members:
Please refer to the attached document. This has been approved by the
compensation committee and serves as the official metrics document for
2009. These are the metrics that we will be measuring Glen against for
this year. This information is being provided to all board members so
that you can know what has been agreed upon as Glen's primary focus for
this year. The 2010 metrics have been under development for some time
and are currently being revised based on the outcomes of the strategic
planning session. We hope to have them finalized by the end of the year.
Clare Durand
USOF President
-----
She also included a copy of the metrics.
As I said at the outset, I'm not objecting to anything. I have high hopes for Glen, thinking maybe I will live to see the time that I can tell someone about O' and they already know what it is.
I do think, however, that a little transparency is often a good thing, and therefore this post....