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TechnoratiI think he was a builder and I’m a buster. He was almost twice as old as I am. So I think that our organization needs a younger feel, that when people think of it they won’t necessarily think of those old people. One great thing about us is we have an intergenerational mix. We’ve got people who haven’t retired yet but are serving here. We’ve got boomers and busters, but we need more busters and more of the millenniums, or the younger crowd.
I would like to see a big change there. Especially since I have been working with young people for the past eight years with Insight [program]. I really believe in young people. I think there is a lot of potential there that can be harnessed.
CP: Is there anything you would like to add?
Datema: Probably one thing that other people have mentioned is his approachability. I’ve seen total strangers walk up to him in a situation where you would expect people to be a little annoyed. But he would genuinely give people his time in a way that was just amazing. I think it was because, well he cared about people, but it might have even been because he loved talking about ideas. If you were willing to talk to him about ideas, if you were willing to have a conversation about some idea and really engage, you had him. He loved to do that. He loved to be in that kind of engaging conversation.
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