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Some Thoughts about the Future

Some Thoughts about the Future PRESIDENT’S PODIUM This is my last President’s Podurn. believe that we must continue to work members in a way that values our AEA environment in wtuch we live and put Peyton Hutchison will be installed as together to build effective relationships and NAPCAE roots, but that also uses ourselves at risk is unacceptable. president of AAACE at our annual con- with our colleagues in our affiliates our last ten years as an association as a Rather, now is the time for us to work ference in Anaheim this November. He, and do so in a way that is best for our frame of reference upon which to build together. Now is the time for each of us along with the incoming President- field and profession at large. Perhaps our future. We can no longer solely rely to ehbit trust in each other and to Elect Ken McCullough, and the new as we begin to examine and form& upon practices of our WCAE and AEA stimulate the growth and development and continuing members of the Board, the Dynamic Development plan, we days to guide us. We must move of our field through the active involve- wd now be providing leadership for will be able to create such new worhg beyond our collective memory of those ment of AAACE as a whole rather than AAACE. My new role as past president is relationships. Regardless of how we tim. We cannot chart our course for merely operating as a collection of tan- one that can be thought of as being a now address hi matter, it seems to me the future in a way that is based upon gentially related special interest groups “senior statesman” or advlsor. that over the yean we have never really patterns of organizational behavior with a minimal level of affiliation, I would like to take this final oppor- maxunized the potential that exists for that were developed and promulgated high levels of acrimony, and a low tunity as president to reflect upon sev- our affiliates and our national organi- in the days of our predecessor associa- level of influence and effectiveness. eral issues that I believe the association tions. Those day, those times, are In closing I want to thank each of zation to mutually addm issues, solve will need to examine and deal with in gone. They will not return, no matter problems and dluence the field of you who placed your trust in me and the near future. The first of these issues adult and continuing education in a how much we would like them to. elected me to this office. I hope that concerns the matter of our structure. In positive and meaningful way. In this Instead we must remember that we your expations for a year of pn- now have a AAACE hlstory. We now sible governance and effective leader- Anaheim there will be the first of many time of sbg mum and association-wide discussions about the increasing competition for them, I am have an organization that has clearly shp on my part have been met. I also Dynamic Development Committee’s convinced that we must seriously initi- moved on from the models that existed want to thank the members of our Executive Committee and Board of repart for organizational restructuring. ate a process of codtion buildmg with and that were operationallzed prior to its founding in 1982. Clearly now is the This project was started during the our affiliates in a way that will be bene- Directors who have worked so hard to represent the intewts of the member- term of Bill Griffith and has continued ficial for all of us. I truly hope that both time for us to set aside old practices and for all of us to move fomard in ship of MCE in a time of substantial this past year. Peyton and Ken will take this matter under advisement and work with our a way that is free fmm the constraints :hange and controversy. Finally I J. C. Shaver and John Furman have would especially like to thank the given leadership to hi initiative. In members and our Board of Directors to of the now sonwhat distant past, MACE staff, Drew, Camlyn,Jeanette, doing so they have constructed a pro- bring fomard creative solutions that Ultimately, I feel that we must begin to view our profmional affilia- Cle, Mark, and Beth for all of their sup- pal that could positively and sigdi- can effectively address this issue. cantly alter the structure of AAACE. The third and perhaps most basic of tion as being one with AAACE. We are port, hce and, at tW, admonish- not just members of the Commission of ment during my term in office. An Clearly our organizational future rests the issues that I would llke to raise con- Professors, the Life Skills Division or association is only as gd as are its upon the guidance that the bard of cerns the companion matters of trust Directors receives from our members as and change. Those of us who have even COABE, the Commission of Adult members, volunteers, and staff. I feel the Dynamic Development procgs been AAACE members for a long time Basic Education. We are all AAACE that I have had the opportunity to wok continues. Obviously it will be only and who earlier were members of AEA members. b such we must in my opin- with a collection of the best after full and complete input from our and NAPCAE have seen a great deal of ion trust our fellow members and col- So to each of you thanks again for a members has been received that a final change occur in our profession and in leagues to act in a way that moves hi good year. I know that the incoming proposal will be voted upon. We hope our professional organizations during association ahead for the betterment of leadership of AAACE can count on and that this can be done at our 1993 the past years. We have seen AEA and all members. We must adhere to mod- will receive an equally high level of annual conference in Dallas. Because NAPCAE come together to form AAACE. em business practices. We must be your individual and collective support of the importance of this matter, I urge We have Seen a new joumal,rldult concerned about the legal and fiscal in the years to come. A each of you to participate in the open hmzng, come into being. We have requirements that affect howwe are + K Fmnklin S’kes, ILT forums that have been planned to seen conferences come and go and governed and how we operate in the Fr&[ A4ACE allow for membership input into this have experienced the first annual con- 1990s. AAACE must be defined in terms self-examination and long-range plan- ference to be held outside of the United of today’s reahty. We must do so even if ning pm this year in California fi States last year in Montreal. Our it means that some of our own person- you can’t attend the Anaheim Confer- national office has mntly moved to al mfluence within the association is ence, please write to John 0rJ.C. in care new, more costefficient and larger diminished. of the AAACE office and share your quarters in Arlington, Via Change To do any less is simply counterpro- ideas about the association with them. it seems is a byword of our field and is ductive. To isolate ourselves into small A second issue that I feel merits something that we have exprienced and rather narrowly defined member- and will continue to experience as we ship enclaves that focus only on issues careful examination by all of us in the years to come concern the relation- advance wihn AAACE. that will benefit one small segment of ships that we now have and would hke In this the year of AAACE’s tenth our field or one particular subgroup in to have in the future with our state, anniversary it seems to me that now is our amciation is debilitating. To deny regional, and provincial affiliates. I the time for all of us to become AAACE the present regulatory and litigious 4 A Adult Learning http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Some Thoughts about the Future

Spikes, W. Franklin
Adult Learning , Volume 4 (2): 1 – Nov 1, 1992
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PRESIDENT’S PODIUM This is my last President’s Podurn. believe that we must continue to work members in a way that values our AEA environment in wtuch we live and put Peyton Hutchison will be installed as together to build effective relationships and NAPCAE roots, but that also uses ourselves at risk is unacceptable. president of AAACE at our annual con- with our colleagues in our affiliates our last ten years as an association as a Rather, now is the time for us to work ference in Anaheim this November. He, and do so in a way that is best for our frame of reference upon which to build together. Now is the time for each of us along with the incoming President- field and profession at large. Perhaps our future. We can no longer solely rely to ehbit trust in each other and to Elect Ken McCullough, and the new as we begin to examine and form& upon practices of our WCAE and AEA stimulate the growth and development and continuing members of the Board, the Dynamic Development plan, we days to guide us. We must move of our field through the active involve- wd now be providing leadership for will be able to create such new worhg beyond our collective memory of those ment of AAACE as a whole rather than AAACE. My new role as past president is relationships. Regardless of how we tim. We cannot chart our course for merely operating as a collection of tan- one that can be thought of as being a now address hi matter, it seems to me the future in a way that is based upon gentially related special interest groups “senior statesman” or advlsor. that over the yean we have never really patterns of organizational behavior with a minimal level of affiliation, I would like to take this final oppor- maxunized the potential that exists for that were developed and promulgated high levels of acrimony, and a low tunity as president to reflect upon sev- our affiliates and our national organi- in the days of our predecessor associa- level of influence and effectiveness. eral issues that I believe the association tions. Those day, those times, are In closing I want to thank each of zation to mutually addm issues, solve will need to examine and deal with in gone. They will not return, no matter problems and dluence the field of you who placed your trust in me and the near future. The first of these issues adult and continuing education in a how much we would like them to. elected me to this office. I hope that concerns the matter of our structure. In positive and meaningful way. In this Instead we must remember that we your expations for a year of pn- now have a AAACE hlstory. We now sible governance and effective leader- Anaheim there will be the first of many time of sbg mum and association-wide discussions about the increasing competition for them, I am have an organization that has clearly shp on my part have been met. I also Dynamic Development Committee’s convinced that we must seriously initi- moved on from the models that existed want to thank the members of our Executive Committee and Board of repart for organizational restructuring. ate a process of codtion buildmg with and that were operationallzed prior to its founding in 1982. Clearly now is the This project was started during the our affiliates in a way that will be bene- Directors who have worked so hard to represent the intewts of the member- term of Bill Griffith and has continued ficial for all of us. I truly hope that both time for us to set aside old practices and for all of us to move fomard in ship of MCE in a time of substantial this past year. Peyton and Ken will take this matter under advisement and work with our a way that is free fmm the constraints :hange and controversy. Finally I J. C. Shaver and John Furman have would especially like to thank the given leadership to hi initiative. In members and our Board of Directors to of the now sonwhat distant past, MACE staff, Drew, Camlyn,Jeanette, doing so they have constructed a pro- bring fomard creative solutions that Ultimately, I feel that we must begin to view our profmional affilia- Cle, Mark, and Beth for all of their sup- pal that could positively and sigdi- can effectively address this issue. cantly alter the structure of AAACE. The third and perhaps most basic of tion as being one with AAACE. We are port, hce and, at tW, admonish- not just members of the Commission of ment during my term in office. An Clearly our organizational future rests the issues that I would llke to raise con- Professors, the Life Skills Division or association is only as gd as are its upon the guidance that the bard of cerns the companion matters of trust Directors receives from our members as and change. Those of us who have even COABE, the Commission of Adult members, volunteers, and staff. I feel the Dynamic Development procgs been AAACE members for a long time Basic Education. We are all AAACE that I have had the opportunity to wok continues. Obviously it will be only and who earlier were members of AEA members. b such we must in my opin- with a collection of the best after full and complete input from our and NAPCAE have seen a great deal of ion trust our fellow members and col- So to each of you thanks again for a members has been received that a final change occur in our profession and in leagues to act in a way that moves hi good year. I know that the incoming proposal will be voted upon. We hope our professional organizations during association ahead for the betterment of leadership of AAACE can count on and that this can be done at our 1993 the past years. We have seen AEA and all members. We must adhere to mod- will receive an equally high level of annual conference in Dallas. Because NAPCAE come together to form AAACE. em business practices. We must be your individual and collective support of the importance of this matter, I urge We have Seen a new joumal,rldult concerned about the legal and fiscal in the years to come. A each of you to participate in the open hmzng, come into being. We have requirements that affect howwe are + K Fmnklin S’kes, ILT forums that have been planned to seen conferences come and go and governed and how we operate in the Fr&[ A4ACE allow for membership input into this have experienced the first annual con- 1990s. AAACE must be defined in terms self-examination and long-range plan- ference to be held outside of the United of today’s reahty. We must do so even if ning pm this year in California fi States last year in Montreal. Our it means that some of our own person- you can’t attend the Anaheim Confer- national office has mntly moved to al mfluence within the association is ence, please write to John 0rJ.C. in care new, more costefficient and larger diminished. of the AAACE office and share your quarters in Arlington, Via Change To do any less is simply counterpro- ideas about the association with them. it seems is a byword of our field and is ductive. To isolate ourselves into small A second issue that I feel merits something that we have exprienced and rather narrowly defined member- and will continue to experience as we ship enclaves that focus only on issues careful examination by all of us in the years to come concern the relation- advance wihn AAACE. that will benefit one small segment of ships that we now have and would hke In this the year of AAACE’s tenth our field or one particular subgroup in to have in the future with our state, anniversary it seems to me that now is our amciation is debilitating. To deny regional, and provincial affiliates. I the time for all of us to become AAACE the present regulatory and litigious 4 A Adult Learning

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