Timing

As many know, I am getting ready to run for the board of directors for GBTA.  Last night during a family walk, my daughter asked for my phone and asked for the date and time of my election speech.  I told her and she handed me back my phone.  I will admit, I had to wait for 32 seconds, but I thought this was an interesting photo that I captured just after she set up the countdown clock! Don't know what it means, but I guess only time will tell!  Keep going! 

Pessimist?

In a recent article, I was called a pessimist of open booking.  Let me set the record straight.  I am not pessimistic about open bookings.  I believe that for some programs it works and for others, it doesn’t.  For a program like ours, its not needed.  We have good compliance and rates that are tough to beat in the open marketplace.  I have talked to many people looking at open bookings and I have never told any of them it wouldn’t work.  I simply gave them the reasons why we are not currently engaging in the process.  

There are things I AM pessimistic about; Vikings winning the Superbowl (please prove me wrong...just once!), that I will become a fan of humidity and that I will become a world class water skier.  Outside of those, I live a pretty optimistic life! 

Freedom

Robert Frost said, “Freedom lies in being bold.”  When I read that, I think of the freedom won for us in 1776 and thereby, the freedom that allows me to write this blog.   It also makes me think about how freedom has lead to change. 

With freedom come choices.   With choices come rewards or consequences.  At the GBTA convention this year, direct members will be using their freedom to cast a vote that will forever change the association.  Even if the vote is that nothing changes, change will happen.  No matter how this thing ends, people will be unhappy.  I COULD tell you how to vote, because I know how I am voting, but I won’t.  I don’t play political games and I won’t be told how to vote (Anyone who knows me, know that I am who I am and I won’t change for anybody!) nor will I tell you how to vote.  I will just ask you to use your freedom and vote.  Make sure you know all sides of the issue and vote for what you believe is the right thing for the industry.  Don’t let other make your decision for you.  Be bold and keep going!