Because the power is in the vote, and we don’t have it right now. We’re kind of scrambled out there. I don’t know if I’m, in my own sense, I don’t know if I’m phrasing properly the way I’m- I gotta maybe rethink that for a moment, but if we… Read More
Well, speaking about putting your feet in the fire, what skillset, which you kind of came in with a little, or qualities does the zoo director need today as compared to when you started?… Read More
Well, when I started in the zoo profession, certainly it was an advantage to have passion, passion for my chosen profession. But today I think it’s obviously, in a more complex world, it requires perhaps a little more. When you consider that communities, municipalities are facing problems in terms of… Read More
But now how do you combine all of that and present that to the public?… Read More
That’s one way, and the other is how do you deal with- you know what the real crux of it is?… Read More
Politics. Read More
That’s the trick, and that’s where AZA can play an important role. Read More
What do you think, how can they, how can zoos do that?… Read More
As much as I, I don’t like to manage by committee, I think there’s an area where we really should get some of the sound minds in this organization, define the problems globally and see how we can- We’re certainly not alone gonna solve them, but how we can play… Read More
A lot of our buildings are green buildings. Now they’re renting all kinds of- They’re designed with energy saving in mind, so they’re doing marvelous things in our zoo in terms of energy. Read More
What were the strengths and weaknesses of AZA?… Read More
Well, on a personal note, I think one of the strengths of AZA is the fact that you’re collecting together a group of like individuals and you’re sharing information, you’re sharing problem solving, you’re sharing legislative elements that need need a larger voice in order to be effective. Some of… Read More
Now, how do we collectively use that power?… Read More
Well, I was- I just really- I don’t think I had that much to contribute. I just was coming into the business at that time, so I was rather young, a young Turk, yes, but a very, very young one learning. Read More
Did you serve, have a role in AZA, AAZPA?… Read More
When I was in a member of AAZPA, I did not participate. Later on in the AZA, I was elected to the board of directors and eventually served as president in ’78, ’79, as president of the organization. Read More
Were people in favor of it, not in favor of it?… Read More
Like whenever there’s a major change in a organization, when we were part of the American Zoos and Parks, we were part of a larger organization, we were a small element and obviously were a lot of people in our business. I was a youngster at that time coming into… Read More
You were a young Turk?… Read More
The labor of love. There was a main, the AA, American Zoo Association. Read More