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If Enough Members Want Change, Why Is It So Hard to Make It Happen? · Two Point Perspective

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  Hello,
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  everybody.
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  I
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  promise
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  I
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  wasn't
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  planning
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  to
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  do
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  another
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  episode
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  about
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  the
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  future
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  of
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  our
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  sport.
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  Honestly,
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  I
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  thought
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  I
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  finished
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  with
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  all
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  of
• 0:10
  that.
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  But
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  after
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  attending
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  the
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  USEF
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  listening
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  session,
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  the
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  USETA
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  Town
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  hall
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  and
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  Tryon,
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  and
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  spending
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  far
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  more
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  time
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  than
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  I
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  intended
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  reading
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  bylaws
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  and
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  governance
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  documents,
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  I
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  realized
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  I've
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  been
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  asking
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  the
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  wrong
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  question.
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  The
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  question
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  really
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  isn't
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  about
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  whether
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  or
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  not
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  people
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  want
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  change,
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  because
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  everybody
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  seems
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  to
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  agree
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  that
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  something
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  has
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  got
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  to
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  change.
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  I
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  think
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  the
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  harder
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  question
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  is,
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  how
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  do
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  you
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  make
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  this
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  change
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  actually
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  happen?
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  And
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  the
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  answer
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  turned
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  out
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  to
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  be
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  a
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  whole
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  lot
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  less
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  obvious
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  than
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  I
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  would
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  have
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  ever
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  expected.
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  This
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  is
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  two
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  point
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  perspective.
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  Two
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  writers
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  with
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  different
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  views,
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  points
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  from
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  different
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  generations
• 1:00
  talking
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  about
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  the
• 1:01
  same
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  sport.
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  A
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  few
• 1:03
  weeks
• 1:03
  ago,
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  Reynolds
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  and
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  I
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  sat
• 1:05
  down
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  with
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  Chris
• 1:06
  Wynn
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  to
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  talk
• 1:07
  about
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  the
• 1:07
  newly
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  formed
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  United
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  States
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  Equestrian
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  Trainers
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  association,
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  or
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  the
• 1:13
  useta.
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  Like
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  a
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  lot
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  of
• 1:16
  people,
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  I
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  was
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  curious,
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  could
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  this
• 1:19
  organization
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  be
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  a
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  meaningful
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  way
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  for
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  members
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  to
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  have
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  more
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  influence?
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  Could
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  it
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  really
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  affect
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  change?
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  Since
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  then,
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  I
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  attended
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  one
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  of
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  USCF's
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  member
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  listening
• 1:33
  sessions.
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  I
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  attended
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  the
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  USETA
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  Town
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  hall
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  both
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  in
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  Virginia
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  and
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  last
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  week
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  in
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  Tryon.
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  I've
• 1:42
  spent
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  a
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  lot
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  of
• 1:44
  time
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  listening,
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  but
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  instead
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  of
• 1:46
  coming
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  away
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  with
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  answers,
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  I
• 1:49
  found
• 1:49
  myself
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  asking
• 1:50
  more
• 1:51
  questions.
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  At
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  the
• 1:52
  USETA
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  Town
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  hall
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  in
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  Tryon,
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  Chris
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  Wynn
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  and
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  Lindsay
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  Ayers
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  spent
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  a
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  lot
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  of
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  time
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  talking
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  about
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  participation,
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  membership,
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  and
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  what
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  members
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  can
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  actually
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  realistically
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  do
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  if
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  they
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  want
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  more
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  influence
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  in
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  the
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  future
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  of
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  our
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  sport.
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  Here's
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  part
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  of
• 2:10
  that
• 2:10
  discussion.
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  Our
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  way
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  of
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  getting
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  something
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  done
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  is
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  a
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  little
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  bit
• 2:14
  like,
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  hopefully
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  politics.
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  We're
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  going
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  to,
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  let's
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  say
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  we
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  write
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  a
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  rule
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  change
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  and
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  we
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  feel
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  passionate.
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  We
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  voted
• 2:23
  on
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  it,
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  we're
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  passionate
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  about
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  the
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  rule
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  change.
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  And
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  I'll
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  say
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  one
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  chain
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  nose
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  band
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  should
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  be
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  legal.
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  Spike
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  nose
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  ban
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  should
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  be
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  unlegal,
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  illegal.
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  I'm
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  sorry,
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  I
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  don't
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  know
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  how
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  everybody
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  feels
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  about
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  that.
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  Maybe
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  this
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  room
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  is
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  50
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  50,
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  maybe
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  this
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  room
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  is
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  90,
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  10.
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  I
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  have
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  no
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  idea.
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  But
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  it
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  is
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  a
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  subject
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  that
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  people
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  were
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  like,
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  well,
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  wait
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  a
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  second.
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  If
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  I
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  can
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  lunge
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  with
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  a
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  chain
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  over
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  the
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  horse's
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  nose,
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  I
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  can
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  load
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  the
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  horse
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  with
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  the
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  chain
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  and
• 2:47
  the
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  trailer,
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  but
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  I
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  can't
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  put
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  that
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  short
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  stirrup
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  pony
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  and
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  a
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  chain
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  nose
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  band
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  so
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  the
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  kid
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  doesn't
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  get
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  run
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  away
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  with,
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  but
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  I
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  can
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  lunge
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  it
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  30
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  minutes
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  longer
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  and
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  take
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  the
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  chain
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  off,
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  which
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  is
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  better?
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  That'll
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  be
• 3:03
  up
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  for
• 3:03
  discussion.
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  Which
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  is
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  better?
• 3:05
  We'll
• 3:05
  decide
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  that
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  as
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  a
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  group.
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  But
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  if
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  we
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  decide
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  as
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  a
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  group
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  that
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  we
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  are
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  a
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  majority
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  in
• 3:11
  favor
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  of
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  chain
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  Nose
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  bands
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  and
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  not
• 3:13
  spike
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  nose
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  bands
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  that
• 3:14
  can
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  obviously
• 3:15
  cause
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  damage
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  to
• 3:16
  the
• 3:16
  horse's
• 3:17
  nose.
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  We
• 3:18
  would
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  write
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  that
• 3:19
  rule.
• 3:19
  We
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  have
• 3:20
  a
• 3:20
  majority
• 3:20
  of
• 3:21
  people.
• 3:21
  The
• 3:22
  lawyers
• 3:22
  and
• 3:22
  the
• 3:23
  stewards
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  will
• 3:23
  write
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  the
• 3:24
  rule.
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  It
• 3:25
  won't
• 3:25
  be
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  me,
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  so
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  don't
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  worry,
• 3:26
  it
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  won't
• 3:27
  sound
• 3:27
  stupid.
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  It'll
• 3:28
  be
• 3:28
  lawyers
• 3:29
  and
• 3:29
  stewards.
• 3:30
  They'll
• 3:30
  write
• 3:30
  the
• 3:31
  rule.
• 3:31
  We
• 3:32
  will
• 3:32
  promote
• 3:33
  that
• 3:33
  rule
• 3:33
  for
• 3:33
  a
• 3:34
  year,
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  because
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  we're
• 3:36
  talking
• 3:36
  about
• 3:36
  2028.
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  And
• 3:39
  I
• 3:39
  would
• 3:39
  think
• 3:39
  by
• 3:40
  2028,
• 3:41
  there
• 3:41
  would
• 3:41
  be
• 3:41
  enough
• 3:42
  feedback
• 3:42
  about
• 3:43
  that
• 3:43
  rule,
• 3:45
  positive
• 3:45
  or
• 3:46
  negative,
• 3:46
  that
• 3:46
  you
• 3:47
  will
• 3:47
  know
• 3:47
  how
• 3:47
  the
• 3:48
  horse
• 3:48
  community
• 3:49
  feels
• 3:49
  about
• 3:49
  that
• 3:50
  rule.
• 3:50
  There
• 3:51
  seems
• 3:51
  to
• 3:51
  be
• 3:51
  a
• 3:51
  lot
• 3:51
  of
• 3:51
  feedback
• 3:52
  about
• 3:52
  how
• 3:52
  they
• 3:53
  feel
• 3:53
  about
• 3:53
  everything
• 3:53
  else.
• 3:54
  So
• 3:54
  I
• 3:54
  feel
• 3:54
  like.
• 3:55
  So
• 3:55
  in
• 3:56
  saying
• 3:56
  that
• 3:57
  that
• 3:58
  pressure
• 3:58
  is
• 3:58
  going
• 3:58
  to
• 3:58
  be
• 3:59
  applied,
• 4:00
  that
• 4:00
  if
• 4:02
  it's
• 4:02
  on
• 4:02
  the
• 4:02
  Internet
• 4:03
  and
• 4:03
  people
• 4:03
  want
• 4:04
  to
• 4:04
  have
• 4:04
  it,
• 4:04
  this
• 4:04
  is
• 4:05
  good,
• 4:05
  this
• 4:05
  is
• 4:05
  good,
• 4:05
  this
• 4:06
  is
• 4:06
  good.
• 4:06
  And
• 4:06
  the
• 4:06
  majority,
• 4:07
  even
• 4:07
  if
• 4:07
  they're
• 4:07
  not
• 4:08
  members
• 4:08
  of
• 4:08
  us,
• 4:09
  their
• 4:09
  feedback
• 4:10
  is
• 4:10
  going
• 4:11
  to
• 4:11
  pressure
• 4:11
  the
• 4:11
  situation
• 4:12
  and
• 4:12
  then
• 4:13
  you're
• 4:13
  going
• 4:13
  to
• 4:13
  wonder,
• 4:13
  well,
• 4:13
  kind
• 4:14
  of
• 4:14
  seemed
• 4:14
  like
• 4:15
  the
• 4:15
  whole
• 4:15
  world
• 4:16
  wanted
• 4:16
  that
• 4:16
  rule
• 4:16
  to
• 4:17
  happen
• 4:17
  and
• 4:17
  it
• 4:17
  just
• 4:17
  didn't
• 4:18
  happen.
• 4:19
  Then
• 4:19
  I
• 4:19
  would
• 4:20
  say,
• 4:20
  call
• 4:20
  your
• 4:20
  congressman
• 4:21
  and
• 4:21
  call
• 4:21
  your
• 4:22
  state
• 4:22
  senators.
• 4:22
  Here's
• 4:23
  their
• 4:23
  email
• 4:23
  addresses,
• 4:24
  and
• 4:25
  if
• 4:25
  their
• 4:26
  phone
• 4:26
  numbers
• 4:26
  are
• 4:26
  public,
• 4:27
  start
• 4:27
  calling
• 4:28
  them
• 4:28
  and
• 4:28
  asking,
• 4:30
  why
• 4:30
  didn't
• 4:30
  you
• 4:30
  do
• 4:30
  this?
• 4:31
  It
• 4:31
  was
• 4:32
  out
• 4:32
  there
• 4:32
  and
• 4:32
  everybody
• 4:32
  liked
• 4:33
  it.
• 4:33
  And
• 4:33
  I
• 4:33
  think
• 4:34
  that
• 4:34
  outside
• 4:35
  pressure
• 4:36
  will
• 4:37
  make
• 4:38
  a
• 4:38
  difference.
• 4:38
  I
• 4:38
  mean,
• 4:39
  it's
• 4:40
  never
• 4:40
  been
• 4:40
  done
• 4:41
  and.
• 4:42
  All
• 4:42
  that
• 4:42
  sounds
• 4:43
  reasonable.
• 4:44
  If
• 4:45
  more
• 4:45
  people
• 4:46
  got
• 4:46
  involved,
• 4:47
  if
• 4:47
  more
• 4:47
  people
• 4:48
  participate,
• 4:50
  maybe
• 4:50
  members
• 4:50
  can
• 4:51
  have
• 4:51
  a
• 4:51
  stronger
• 4:51
  voice.
• 4:53
  But
• 4:53
  a
• 4:53
  comment
• 4:54
  on
• 4:54
  one
• 4:54
  of
• 4:54
  my
• 4:54
  posts
• 4:55
  kept
• 4:55
  coming
• 4:56
  back
• 4:56
  to
• 4:56
  me.
• 4:57
  A
• 4:57
  friend
• 4:58
  had
• 4:58
  written,
• 4:58
  the
• 4:59
  issue
• 4:59
  is,
• 5:00
  people
• 5:00
  have
• 5:01
  shown
• 5:01
  up,
• 5:02
  but
• 5:02
  no
• 5:02
  change
• 5:03
  happens,
• 5:04
  so
• 5:04
  what's
• 5:05
  the
• 5:05
  point
• 5:05
  of
• 5:05
  continuing
• 5:06
  to
• 5:06
  show
• 5:06
  up?
• 5:07
  And
• 5:08
  honestly,
• 5:08
  I
• 5:08
  thought
• 5:09
  that
• 5:09
  was
• 5:09
  a
• 5:09
  pretty
• 5:09
  fair
• 5:10
  question,
• 5:10
  because
• 5:11
  over
• 5:11
  the
• 5:11
  last
• 5:12
  few
• 5:12
  weeks,
• 5:13
  I've
• 5:13
  watched
• 5:14
  a
• 5:14
  lot
• 5:14
  of
• 5:15
  people
• 5:15
  trying
• 5:16
  all
• 5:16
  sorts
• 5:16
  of
• 5:16
  different
• 5:17
  approaches.
• 5:19
  Everybody
• 5:19
  seems
• 5:20
  to
• 5:20
  be
• 5:20
  looking
• 5:20
  for
• 5:21
  a
• 5:21
  way
• 5:21
  to
• 5:21
  move
• 5:22
  things
• 5:22
  forward.
• 5:23
  One
• 5:24
  thing
• 5:24
  Chris
• 5:24
  said
• 5:24
  during
• 5:25
  the
• 5:25
  town
• 5:25
  hall
• 5:26
  also
• 5:26
  struck
• 5:27
  me.
• 5:28
  We're
• 5:28
  trying
• 5:28
  to
• 5:29
  get
• 5:29
  all
• 5:29
  the
• 5:30
  communities
• 5:30
  to
• 5:30
  come
• 5:31
  together
• 5:31
  and
• 5:32
  then
• 5:32
  let
• 5:32
  all
• 5:32
  of
• 5:33
  us
• 5:33
  vote
• 5:33
  or
• 5:34
  give
• 5:34
  an
• 5:34
  opinion
• 5:34
  on
• 5:35
  it
• 5:35
  and
• 5:35
  then
• 5:35
  feed
• 5:36
  it
• 5:36
  out.
• 5:36
  And
• 5:36
  if
• 5:36
  it's
• 5:37
  a
• 5:37
  popular
• 5:37
  opinion
• 5:38
  where
• 5:38
  everybody
• 5:39
  loves
• 5:39
  the
• 5:39
  idea,
• 5:41
  then
• 5:41
  we'll
• 5:41
  take
• 5:42
  that
• 5:42
  and
• 5:42
  now
• 5:42
  we'll
• 5:43
  have
• 5:43
  a
• 5:43
  huge
• 5:44
  group
• 5:44
  of
• 5:44
  people
• 5:45
  behind
• 5:45
  that
• 5:46
  idea,
• 5:46
  and
• 5:47
  we
• 5:47
  can
• 5:47
  take
• 5:48
  that
• 5:48
  idea
• 5:49
  forward.
• 5:49
  To
• 5:50
  Yousef
• 5:51
  Ushja,
• 5:53
  horse
• 5:54
  show
• 5:54
  managers,
• 5:55
  whatever.
• 5:56
  It
• 5:56
  may
• 5:56
  be,
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  comment
• 5:58
  about
• 5:58
  all
• 5:58
  the
• 5:58
  communities
• 5:59
  coming
• 6:00
  together
• 6:01
  really
• 6:01
  stood
• 6:01
  out
• 6:02
  to
• 6:02
  me
• 6:02
  because
• 6:03
  that's
• 6:03
  where
• 6:03
  things
• 6:04
  started
• 6:04
  getting
• 6:05
  interesting.
• 6:06
  Most
• 6:07
  people
• 6:07
  agree
• 6:07
  that
• 6:08
  there
• 6:08
  are
• 6:08
  problems.
• 6:09
  The
• 6:09
  harder
• 6:10
  part
• 6:10
  is
• 6:10
  figuring
• 6:11
  out
• 6:11
  what
• 6:11
  in
• 6:12
  the
• 6:12
  world
• 6:12
  to
• 6:12
  do
• 6:12
  about
• 6:13
  them.
• 6:13
  And
• 6:14
  that's
• 6:14
  where
• 6:14
  I
• 6:14
  found
• 6:15
  myself
• 6:15
  going
• 6:15
  down
• 6:16
  a
• 6:16
  bit
• 6:16
  of
• 6:16
  a
• 6:16
  rabbit
• 6:17
  hole.
• 6:17
  Not
• 6:18
  because
• 6:19
  I
• 6:19
  want
• 6:19
  to
• 6:19
  become
• 6:20
  an
• 6:20
  expert
• 6:20
  on
• 6:20
  governance,
• 6:21
  Believe
• 6:22
  me,
• 6:22
  I
• 6:23
  do
• 6:23
  not.
• 6:24
  I
• 6:25
  was
• 6:25
  simply
• 6:25
  trying
• 6:26
  to
• 6:26
  understand
• 6:28
  how
• 6:28
  change
• 6:29
  could
• 6:30
  actually
• 6:30
  happen.
• 6:32
  How
• 6:33
  does
• 6:33
  an
• 6:33
  idea
• 6:34
  move
• 6:34
  from
• 6:35
  a
• 6:35
  conversation
• 6:36
  at
• 6:36
  a
• 6:36
  horse
• 6:36
  show,
• 6:37
  a
• 6:37
  social
• 6:38
  media
• 6:38
  campaign,
• 6:39
  an
• 6:39
  email
• 6:40
  campaign,
• 6:41
  a
• 6:41
  petition,
• 6:42
  or
• 6:42
  a
• 6:42
  town
• 6:43
  hall
• 6:43
  meeting
• 6:44
  to
• 6:44
  an
• 6:44
  actual
• 6:45
  decision?
• 6:47
  And
• 6:47
  the
• 6:47
  more
• 6:48
  I
• 6:48
  looked,
• 6:48
  the
• 6:49
  more
• 6:49
  I
• 6:49
  realized
• 6:50
  the
• 6:50
  answer
• 6:51
  wasn't
• 6:51
  nearly
• 6:52
  as
• 6:52
  obvious
• 6:53
  as
• 6:53
  I
• 6:53
  thought
• 6:53
  it
• 6:54
  would
• 6:54
  be.
• 6:55
  Because
• 6:55
  from
• 6:56
  the
• 6:56
  outside,
• 6:57
  it
• 6:58
  feels
• 6:58
  pretty
• 6:58
  straightforward.
• 7:00
  If
• 7:00
  enough
• 7:01
  people
• 7:01
  care
• 7:01
  about
• 7:02
  something,
• 7:03
  shouldn't
• 7:03
  that
• 7:04
  matter?
• 7:05
  If
• 7:05
  enough
• 7:05
  people
• 7:06
  raise
• 7:06
  concerns,
• 7:08
  shouldn't
• 7:08
  somebody
• 7:09
  be
• 7:09
  listening?
• 7:11
  If
• 7:11
  enough
• 7:11
  people
• 7:11
  agree
• 7:12
  that
• 7:12
  a
• 7:12
  change
• 7:13
  is
• 7:13
  needed,
• 7:14
  shouldn't
• 7:15
  there
• 7:15
  be
• 7:15
  a
• 7:15
  way
• 7:16
  to
• 7:16
  make
• 7:16
  that
• 7:16
  happen?
• 7:18
  But
• 7:18
  the
• 7:18
  interesting
• 7:19
  part
• 7:19
  is
• 7:19
  that
• 7:20
  most
• 7:20
  of
• 7:20
  the
• 7:20
  conversations
• 7:21
  I've
• 7:22
  been
• 7:22
  hearing
• 7:22
  are.
• 7:23
  Aren't
• 7:23
  really
• 7:23
  about
• 7:24
  that.
• 7:25
  They're
• 7:25
  about
• 7:26
  the
• 7:26
  problems,
• 7:27
  the
• 7:28
  increase
• 7:29
  in
• 7:29
  cost,
• 7:30
  the
• 7:30
  frustrations,
• 7:31
  the
• 7:32
  decisions
• 7:32
  that
• 7:33
  people
• 7:33
  don't
• 7:33
  agree
• 7:34
  with.
• 7:35
  But
• 7:35
  after
• 7:35
  spending
• 7:36
  a
• 7:36
  few
• 7:36
  weeks
• 7:37
  listening
• 7:37
  to
• 7:37
  all
• 7:38
  of
• 7:38
  it,
• 7:38
  I
• 7:39
  found
• 7:39
  myself
• 7:39
  wondering
• 7:40
  about
• 7:40
  something
• 7:41
  else
• 7:41
  entirely.
• 7:43
  How
• 7:44
  does
• 7:45
  any
• 7:45
  of
• 7:45
  this
• 7:46
  actually
• 7:47
  translate
• 7:49
  to
• 7:49
  a
• 7:49
  change?
• 7:51
  And
• 7:51
  that's
• 7:52
  where
• 7:52
  I
• 7:52
  started
• 7:52
  seeing
• 7:53
  things
• 7:53
  a
• 7:53
  little
• 7:53
  differently.
• 7:55
  Because
• 7:55
  once
• 7:56
  you
• 7:56
  start
• 7:56
  looking
• 7:56
  at
• 7:57
  how
• 7:57
  these
• 7:58
  organizations
• 7:59
  actually
• 7:59
  operate,
• 8:00
  you
• 8:01
  realize
• 8:02
  that
• 8:02
  there
• 8:03
  isn't
• 8:03
  just
• 8:03
  one
• 8:04
  path.
• 8:05
  It
• 8:05
  turns
• 8:05
  out
• 8:06
  that
• 8:06
  there
• 8:06
  are
• 8:06
  a
• 8:06
  lot
• 8:06
  of
• 8:07
  steps
• 8:07
  between
• 8:08
  an
• 8:08
  idea
• 8:09
  and
• 8:09
  an
• 8:09
  actual
• 8:10
  decision.
• 8:11
  And
• 8:12
  it's
• 8:12
  not
• 8:12
  always
• 8:12
  easy
• 8:13
  to
• 8:13
  see
• 8:13
  a
• 8:14
  direct
• 8:14
  connection
• 8:15
  between
• 8:17
  taking
• 8:17
  action
• 8:18
  and
• 8:18
  seeing
• 8:19
  a
• 8:19
  result.
• 8:20
  I
• 8:20
  think
• 8:21
  that's
• 8:21
  why
• 8:21
  we're
• 8:21
  seeing
• 8:22
  so
• 8:22
  many
• 8:22
  different
• 8:22
  efforts
• 8:23
  right
• 8:23
  now.
• 8:25
  Everybody
• 8:26
  is
• 8:26
  just
• 8:26
  looking
• 8:26
  for
• 8:27
  a
• 8:27
  way
• 8:27
  to
• 8:28
  have
• 8:28
  an
• 8:28
  impact,
• 8:29
  and
• 8:29
  I
• 8:29
  totally
• 8:30
  get
• 8:30
  that.
• 8:31
  But
• 8:31
  the
• 8:31
  more
• 8:31
  I
• 8:32
  looked
• 8:32
  into
• 8:32
  it,
• 8:33
  the
• 8:33
  less
• 8:34
  obvious
• 8:34
  the
• 8:34
  answer
• 8:35
  became.
• 8:36
  You
• 8:36
  hear
• 8:37
  people
• 8:37
  say
• 8:38
  all
• 8:38
  the
• 8:38
  time
• 8:39
  that
• 8:39
  members
• 8:40
  need
• 8:40
  to
• 8:40
  get
• 8:40
  more
• 8:41
  involved.
• 8:42
  Okay,
• 8:43
  so
• 8:43
  then
• 8:44
  what?
• 8:45
  What
• 8:45
  does
• 8:45
  that
• 8:45
  actually
• 8:46
  look
• 8:46
  like?
• 8:47
  And
• 8:47
  if
• 8:48
  people
• 8:48
  do
• 8:48
  get
• 8:49
  involved,
• 8:50
  how
• 8:50
  does
• 8:50
  that
• 8:50
  turn
• 8:51
  into
• 8:51
  change?
• 8:53
  One
• 8:53
  answer
• 8:53
  that
• 8:54
  kept
• 8:54
  coming
• 8:54
  up
• 8:54
  during
• 8:55
  the
• 8:55
  town
• 8:55
  hall
• 8:56
  was
• 8:56
  leverage.
• 8:58
  The
• 8:58
  idea
• 8:59
  that
• 8:59
  before
• 9:00
  you
• 9:00
  can
• 9:00
  change
• 9:01
  something,
• 9:02
  you
• 9:02
  have
• 9:02
  to
• 9:03
  be
• 9:03
  able
• 9:03
  to
• 9:03
  demonstrate
• 9:04
  that
• 9:04
  enough
• 9:04
  people
• 9:05
  support
• 9:05
  it.
• 9:06
  Here's
• 9:07
  how
• 9:07
  Chris
• 9:07
  described
• 9:08
  it.
• 9:09
  This
• 9:09
  is
• 9:09
  a
• 9:09
  problem.
• 9:10
  Can
• 9:10
  it
• 9:10
  be
• 9:10
  fixed?
• 9:11
  No.
• 9:11
  Okay.
• 9:12
  If
• 9:13
  it
• 9:13
  can't
• 9:13
  be
• 9:13
  fixed,
• 9:13
  it
• 9:13
  can't
• 9:13
  be
• 9:14
  fixed.
• 9:14
  But
• 9:14
  if
• 9:15
  you
• 9:15
  have
• 9:15
  a
• 9:15
  solution
• 9:15
  to
• 9:16
  the
• 9:16
  problem
• 9:16
  and
• 9:16
  we
• 9:17
  can
• 9:17
  fix
• 9:17
  it,
• 9:18
  then
• 9:18
  you
• 9:19
  gotta
• 9:19
  be
• 9:19
  listened
• 9:19
  to.
• 9:20
  That
• 9:20
  was
• 9:20
  really
• 9:21
  interesting
• 9:21
  to
• 9:21
  me
• 9:22
  because
• 9:22
  that's
• 9:23
  a
• 9:23
  very
• 9:23
  different
• 9:24
  answer
• 9:25
  than
• 9:25
  simply
• 9:26
  telling
• 9:26
  people
• 9:27
  to
• 9:27
  just
• 9:27
  get
• 9:27
  involved.
• 9:28
  The
• 9:29
  argument
• 9:30
  isn't
• 9:30
  just
• 9:30
  that
• 9:31
  more
• 9:31
  people
• 9:31
  should
• 9:32
  participate.
• 9:33
  The
• 9:34
  argument
• 9:34
  is
• 9:35
  that
• 9:35
  more
• 9:35
  participation
• 9:37
  creates
• 9:37
  leverage.
• 9:39
  There's
• 9:39
  more
• 9:39
  feedback,
• 9:40
  you
• 9:40
  get
• 9:41
  more
• 9:41
  Data,
• 9:41
  more
• 9:42
  numbers.
• 9:43
  And
• 9:43
  ultimately
• 9:45
  that
• 9:45
  should
• 9:45
  translate
• 9:46
  to
• 9:46
  more
• 9:46
  pressure.
• 9:48
  In
• 9:48
  other
• 9:48
  words,
• 9:49
  change
• 9:50
  doesn't
• 9:50
  happen
• 9:51
  just
• 9:51
  because
• 9:52
  people
• 9:52
  are
• 9:52
  frustrated.
• 9:54
  Change
• 9:54
  happens
• 9:55
  when
• 9:55
  enough
• 9:55
  people
• 9:56
  organize
• 9:57
  around
• 9:57
  an
• 9:58
  idea
• 9:58
  that
• 9:59
  it
• 9:59
  becomes
• 9:59
  really
• 10:00
  difficult
• 10:01
  to
• 10:01
  ignore,
• 10:02
  or
• 10:02
  at
• 10:03
  least
• 10:03
  that's
• 10:03
  the
• 10:03
  theory.
• 10:04
  And
• 10:05
  like
• 10:05
  I
• 10:05
  said,
• 10:05
  if
• 10:05
  you
• 10:05
  get
• 10:06
  involved,
• 10:09
  it's
• 10:09
  truly.
• 10:10
  Like
• 10:11
  I
• 10:11
  said,
• 10:11
  we
• 10:11
  charged
• 10:12
  that
• 10:12
  because
• 10:12
  we
• 10:12
  didn't
• 10:12
  know
• 10:13
  what
• 10:13
  to
• 10:13
  charge.
• 10:13
  So
• 10:13
  we
• 10:13
  made
• 10:14
  that
• 10:14
  up.
• 10:14
  Next
• 10:15
  year,
• 10:15
  hell,
• 10:15
  it
• 10:15
  might
• 10:15
  be
• 10:15
  free
• 10:16
  next
• 10:16
  year
• 10:16
  because
• 10:16
  we
• 10:16
  might
• 10:16
  not
• 10:17
  need
• 10:17
  any
• 10:17
  money.
• 10:17
  I
• 10:17
  don't
• 10:17
  know.
• 10:18
  We're
• 10:18
  not
• 10:18
  trying.
• 10:18
  Again,
• 10:19
  money's
• 10:19
  not
• 10:19
  the
• 10:19
  issue.
• 10:20
  It's
• 10:20
  trying
• 10:20
  to
• 10:21
  get
• 10:21
  the
• 10:21
  numbers
• 10:21
  and
• 10:21
  trying
• 10:22
  to
• 10:22
  get
• 10:22
  people.
• 10:23
  I
• 10:23
  think
• 10:23
  a
• 10:23
  lot
• 10:23
  of
• 10:23
  times
• 10:24
  we
• 10:24
  just
• 10:24
  feel
• 10:24
  like
• 10:24
  it
• 10:24
  ain't
• 10:25
  gonna
• 10:25
  work.
• 10:25
  Yeah,
• 10:25
  no,
• 10:26
  100%.
• 10:26
  I
• 10:27
  think
• 10:27
  a
• 10:27
  lot
• 10:27
  of
• 10:27
  times
• 10:27
  you
• 10:27
  just
• 10:27
  feel
• 10:28
  like
• 10:29
  nothing
• 10:29
  changes.
• 10:30
  It's
• 10:30
  not
• 10:30
  worth
• 10:30
  it.
• 10:31
  But
• 10:31
  I
• 10:31
  think
• 10:32
  give
• 10:32
  it
• 10:33
  a
• 10:33
  year
• 10:33
  or
• 10:33
  two
• 10:34
  and
• 10:34
  see
• 10:35
  if
• 10:35
  you
• 10:35
  can
• 10:35
  get
• 10:35
  the
• 10:35
  numbers
• 10:36
  up
• 10:36
  and
• 10:36
  the
• 10:37
  people
• 10:37
  involved.
• 10:38
  See
• 10:39
  if
• 10:39
  it
• 10:39
  works.
• 10:40
  If
• 10:40
  it
• 10:40
  doesn't
• 10:40
  work,
• 10:40
  it'll
• 10:41
  go
• 10:41
  away.
• 10:42
  And
• 10:42
  honestly,
• 10:43
  I
• 10:43
  appreciated
• 10:44
  that
• 10:45
  answer.
• 10:46
  Not
• 10:46
  because
• 10:46
  it
• 10:47
  convinced
• 10:47
  me
• 10:47
  and
• 10:48
  not
• 10:48
  because
• 10:48
  it
• 10:49
  answered
• 10:49
  every
• 10:50
  question,
• 10:51
  but
• 10:51
  because
• 10:52
  it
• 10:52
  acknowledged
• 10:53
  something
• 10:54
  that
• 10:54
  I
• 10:54
  think
• 10:54
  a
• 10:54
  lot
• 10:55
  of
• 10:55
  people
• 10:55
  are
• 10:55
  feeling,
• 10:55
  which
• 10:56
  is
• 10:56
  skepticism.
• 10:58
  Because
• 10:59
  if
• 10:59
  you've
• 10:59
  been
• 10:59
  around
• 11:00
  this
• 11:00
  sport
• 11:00
  long
• 11:00
  enough,
• 11:01
  you've
• 11:02
  seen
• 11:02
  plenty
• 11:03
  of
• 11:03
  ideas,
• 11:04
  plenty
• 11:04
  of
• 11:04
  committees,
• 11:05
  of
• 11:06
  initiatives,
• 11:07
  plenty
• 11:07
  of
• 11:07
  promises.
• 11:09
  Some
• 11:10
  work,
• 11:11
  most
• 11:11
  don't.
• 11:12
  So
• 11:13
  I
• 11:13
  don't
• 11:13
  think
• 11:13
  the
• 11:14
  question
• 11:14
  is
• 11:14
  whether
• 11:15
  or
• 11:15
  not
• 11:15
  people
• 11:16
  care,
• 11:17
  because
• 11:17
  clearly
• 11:18
  they
• 11:18
  do.
• 11:19
  The
• 11:19
  question
• 11:20
  is
• 11:20
  whether
• 11:21
  this
• 11:21
  approach
• 11:22
  will
• 11:22
  accomplish
• 11:23
  something
• 11:24
  that
• 11:24
  previous
• 11:25
  efforts
• 11:26
  haven't
• 11:26
  been
• 11:26
  able
• 11:27
  to.
• 11:28
  And
• 11:28
  the
• 11:28
  truth
• 11:29
  is,
• 11:30
  nobody
• 11:30
  knows
• 11:30
  that
• 11:30
  yet.
• 11:32
  The
• 11:32
  only
• 11:32
  real
• 11:33
  answer
• 11:33
  is
• 11:33
  going
• 11:34
  to
• 11:34
  come
• 11:34
  with
• 11:34
  time.
• 11:36
  But
• 11:37
  while
• 11:37
  I
• 11:37
  was
• 11:38
  trying
• 11:38
  to
• 11:38
  understand
• 11:39
  all
• 11:39
  of
• 11:39
  this,
• 11:40
  I
• 11:40
  started
• 11:40
  looking
• 11:41
  at
• 11:41
  how
• 11:41
  some
• 11:42
  of
• 11:42
  these
• 11:42
  organizations
• 11:43
  actually
• 11:44
  operate.
• 11:45
  And
• 11:46
  what
• 11:46
  I
• 11:46
  found
• 11:46
  surprised
• 11:47
  me.
• 11:48
  Not
• 11:48
  because
• 11:49
  anything
• 11:49
  was
• 11:49
  hidden.
• 11:51
  Most
• 11:51
  of
• 11:51
  it
• 11:51
  is
• 11:51
  right
• 11:52
  there.
• 11:52
  If
• 11:52
  you're
• 11:52
  willing
• 11:53
  to
• 11:53
  spend
• 11:53
  enough
• 11:54
  time
• 11:54
  reading
• 11:55
  through
• 11:55
  bylaws,
• 11:56
  committee
• 11:56
  structures,
• 11:58
  nomination
• 11:58
  procedures,
• 11:59
  and.
• 12:00
  And
• 12:00
  election
• 12:00
  processes.
• 12:02
  The
• 12:02
  surprising
• 12:03
  part
• 12:04
  was
• 12:04
  realizing
• 12:05
  how
• 12:06
  many
• 12:06
  steps
• 12:07
  exist
• 12:08
  between
• 12:08
  a
• 12:09
  member
• 12:09
  having
• 12:09
  an
• 12:10
  idea
• 12:11
  and
• 12:11
  that
• 12:11
  idea
• 12:12
  becoming
• 12:13
  an
• 12:14
  actual
• 12:14
  decision.
• 12:16
  And
• 12:16
  the
• 12:17
  more
• 12:17
  I
• 12:17
  looked
• 12:17
  at
• 12:17
  it,
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  more
• 12:18
  I
• 12:18
  understood
• 12:19
  why
• 12:20
  so
• 12:20
  many
• 12:20
  people
• 12:21
  feel
• 12:21
  disconnected
• 12:22
  from
• 12:22
  the
• 12:22
  process.
• 12:24
  It's
• 12:24
  not
• 12:25
  because
• 12:25
  they
• 12:25
  don't
• 12:25
  care,
• 12:26
  and
• 12:26
  it's
• 12:27
  not
• 12:27
  because
• 12:27
  they
• 12:27
  aren't
• 12:28
  participating.
• 12:29
  But
• 12:29
  it's
• 12:30
  because
• 12:30
  it's
• 12:31
  often
• 12:31
  difficult
• 12:32
  to
• 12:33
  see
• 12:33
  how
• 12:33
  an
• 12:34
  individual
• 12:35
  voice
• 12:35
  can
• 12:36
  turn
• 12:36
  something
• 12:37
  into
• 12:37
  meaningful
• 12:38
  change.
• 12:40
  I
• 12:40
  started
• 12:40
  with
• 12:41
  the
• 12:41
  assumption
• 12:42
  that
• 12:42
  if
• 12:43
  enough
• 12:43
  members
• 12:44
  wanted
• 12:45
  something,
• 12:45
  there
• 12:46
  must
• 12:46
  be
• 12:47
  a
• 12:47
  straightforward
• 12:48
  way
• 12:48
  to
• 12:48
  make
• 12:48
  it
• 12:49
  happen.
• 12:50
  But
• 12:50
  now
• 12:52
  I'm
• 12:52
  not
• 12:52
  sure
• 12:53
  that's
• 12:53
  true.
• 12:55
  Let's
• 12:55
  ride.