Democratic vice chair of the Oahu County Committee resigns

[TexasTowelie]

September 14, 2016

Please accept this email as notification of resignation of my position as vice chair of the Oahu County Committee.

I want to thank the Oahu County Democratic Party and OCC for the rewarding and enriching experience. Twelve years ago Jimmy Toyama asked if I could use my technology skills to modernize the membership database. Through the years I've been able to practice my profession while participating and helping an organization whose mission and values I feel so passionate about has been extremely rewarding.

Now however, I feel the officer and committee level party membership has become less focused on helping Democrats beat Republicans, and I feel too focused on rules, discipline and policing member behavior. The OCC style has become less transparent, more dictatorial, and for me, more stressful. I no longer feel my time is well spent participating, and for this reason I am resigning my vice chair position on the Oahu County Committee. I wish the committee well.

Sincerely,

Richard Halverson

http://hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/18256/Democrat-Vice-Chair-ResignsmdashrsquoParty-More-Dictatorialrsquo.aspx

[Eleanors38]

1. It's so mystifying how so much structure, discipline, policing can sprout from techno jargon jive.