{"id":20046,"date":"2010-08-08T10:29:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T14:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20046"},"modified":"2010-08-08T10:29:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T14:29:42","slug":"a-name-change-thats-the-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20046","title":{"rendered":"A name change – that’s the ticket!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Suppose your organization was irrelevant and no one is paying attention to your message which is becoming less and less germane to your particular conversation, what’s the best way to make everyone pay attention again? Change the name? Well, that’s Victor Agosto’s idea. TJ Buonomo says the new name needs an adjustment;<\/p>\n

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I told you that TJ was the smart one. Since a large number of IVAW haven’t served in either Iraq or Afghanistan, TJ’s idea has merit. Beth Roxby<\/a> agrees;<\/p>\n

I SUPPORT limiting membership [of Iraq Veterans Against the War] to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. I know that’s an unpopular idea right now, but I don’t really care. I think the liberal membership policy has possibly caused more problems, both for member retention and media credibility, than any other single factor. And granted, IVAW is currently facing a lot of dividing factors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We already have an anti-war organization that welcomes all veterans, and that’s Veterans for Peace. They’re big-umbrella<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Big umbrella – that means everyone who doesn’t have enough credibility to speak to combat veterans’ issues. Including TJ who barely finished MIOBC when he got out of the Army. If they narrowed membership to veterans who’ve actually been to the war, most of the Board would be gone as well as most of the membership.<\/p>\n

So what do you guys want…a credible organization, or larger membership? I think they’ve already made up their mind – after all, dollars are more important than credibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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