Re: "US Politics"
Robert VanHook
Description
Collection
Title:
Re: "US Politics"
Creator:
Robert VanHook
Date:
7/20/1999
Text:
Vic Cocowitch was the consultant for the steering committee on the
consolidation issue. He worked sporadically for about 8-9 months and was
paid about $25,000. He gets no more money for consolidation passing than
he does if it fails. His job was to facilitate the discussion among the
members of the O&P organizations to help them figure out what they wanted
to do.
On Tuesday, July 20, 1999 12:52 AM, Anne Russell [SMTP: <Email Address Redacted> ]
wrote:
> Hi all
> I asked this question before about the consolidation, I was only given a
> brief answer regarding this guy. Never what he'll be paid if this
> consolidation job goes though.
>
> I forgot to talk about this before, but at the AAOP meeting in New
Orleans,
> there was a guy, (Victor?), pacing up and down during the consolidation
> session.
> I asked him what he was doing there, the spin answer, he was helping out,
> but not getting much money.
> The question is who is this guy, and what is his connection to this
> consolidation?
> Will he get paid when we vote on going to consolidation, and how much.
> How much has he gotten paid so for?
> I hope the people that recommend the consolidation are not the people
that
> will get paid by implementing consolidation.
>
> I'm voting NO, it is not because I don't like change, I'm voting no
because
> it allows the elite of this profession to have more control. That same
mind
> set has not helped the profession, but has addressed only how to get
higher
> on the ladder of OandP. I know I am going to get flak for the previous
> comment, but we wait for the Medical Community to show us how to do our
job.
> What one item has been created by our leaders that increase our work
load?
> The real point is not protecting the past but creating new
things/concepts
> that increase our work.
> The consolidation will allow the new Org. to control the board of
directors
> of ABC in a few years, there is not enough of spread in who votes for the
> BOD of ABC to keep this from happening. I have thought of the voting
> structure of course it is confusing, but I feel this consolidation will
> allow non certify persons to have control over time. We will have more
> members though.
> That's all for now.
>
> <Email Address Redacted>
consolidation issue. He worked sporadically for about 8-9 months and was
paid about $25,000. He gets no more money for consolidation passing than
he does if it fails. His job was to facilitate the discussion among the
members of the O&P organizations to help them figure out what they wanted
to do.
On Tuesday, July 20, 1999 12:52 AM, Anne Russell [SMTP: <Email Address Redacted> ]
wrote:
> Hi all
> I asked this question before about the consolidation, I was only given a
> brief answer regarding this guy. Never what he'll be paid if this
> consolidation job goes though.
>
> I forgot to talk about this before, but at the AAOP meeting in New
Orleans,
> there was a guy, (Victor?), pacing up and down during the consolidation
> session.
> I asked him what he was doing there, the spin answer, he was helping out,
> but not getting much money.
> The question is who is this guy, and what is his connection to this
> consolidation?
> Will he get paid when we vote on going to consolidation, and how much.
> How much has he gotten paid so for?
> I hope the people that recommend the consolidation are not the people
that
> will get paid by implementing consolidation.
>
> I'm voting NO, it is not because I don't like change, I'm voting no
because
> it allows the elite of this profession to have more control. That same
mind
> set has not helped the profession, but has addressed only how to get
higher
> on the ladder of OandP. I know I am going to get flak for the previous
> comment, but we wait for the Medical Community to show us how to do our
job.
> What one item has been created by our leaders that increase our work
load?
> The real point is not protecting the past but creating new
things/concepts
> that increase our work.
> The consolidation will allow the new Org. to control the board of
directors
> of ABC in a few years, there is not enough of spread in who votes for the
> BOD of ABC to keep this from happening. I have thought of the voting
> structure of course it is confusing, but I feel this consolidation will
> allow non certify persons to have control over time. We will have more
> members though.
> That's all for now.
>
> <Email Address Redacted>
Citation
Robert VanHook, “Re: "US Politics",” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/211948.
