A Better DMA (and who is Gerry Pike?)

I’m not a journalist and I don’t play one on TV.

I probably should wait for someone like Ken Magill or Richard Levey to post about this and then make my comments.

But, I am not a patient person and really, this is happening NOW — as in right this very minute — and I have neither the time nor the temperament for them to dot all their i’s and cross all their t’s.

Is this acceptable for someone like me — someone who is not a reporter — to post? Probably not.

Is this the way it is in 2009? You bet your bottom dollar.

So, what’s got me all hot and bothered?

Gerry Pike.

Truth is, I have no idea who this Gerry Pike person is. I know he’s a Board Member of the DMA but other than that? I know jack.

Oh, except that he now has a website called ABetterDMA.org and he’s asking you to download a Member Proxy Voting form and send it to him.

On his site, it says it will “empower him to mandate a better DMA at the upcoming Annual Business Meeting in San Diego this October 18th.”

What does that mean?

I have no idea about that either.

Except that I am not sure that the current DMA could be much worse so mandating any sort of improvements sounds appetizing.

And folks, I’m not saying that you should give the guy your vote, just because he asks for it. He could be a complete loose cannon — I don’t know him (although if someone sends me his address, I need to send him a gift, for at least starting the discussion) but others do and hopefully, you’ll all start a discussion in the comments below.

Because conversation is what 2009 is all about.