after 3 years of trying the positive path and not seeing engagement, he has just got the shits with the whole thing and feels like giving the community a wake up call. i doubt there is much viewing of any of the social pages beyond existing community and in any case no one externally would give a crap.
> On 30 Jan 2017, at 10:50 AM, Ulrich Stauss <[email protected]> wrote: > > From the GFA Facebook page: “Due to complaints from a vocal few who oppose > the facts the last post had been deleted at their request. It's s sad day > when the noise of a few drown out the facts however unpalatable they maybe. > We cannot move forward until we accept where we are and recognize the need > for change in the way we see the current situation and change can only happen > with hardwork, burying our heads on the sand because we don't like what we > are hearing will achieve nothing.” > > Do we really need the dirty washing of one (or more?) frustrated individuals > displayed on the public shopfront window of the GFA? How is that going to > come across to (prospective) members and the general public? How embarrassing > for the organisation and insulting to the volunteers who carry it. > > This is stuff that needs to be sorted out in the board room, not in public. > Just floating ideas (in such a negative tone at that) and expecting the > membership to jump to it is a public display of bad leadership (and in my > view as good as a resignation letter). Putting meat to those ideas and > implementing change in an enthusiastic manner is what is needed instead. > > Ulrich > > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ulrich Stauss > Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2017 22:55 > To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' > <[email protected]> > Subject: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship? > > Has somebody in GFA Marketing and Development lost their marbles? > The attached post essentially blaming the membership for “not getting off > their collective butts” continues a string of similarly negative posts mainly > on Facebook and has prompted quite a few comments from upset members, several > of which - including mine - were removed and at least in my case I am now > blocked from the GFA page. > The same happened to me in response to my remark/question I posted in the > thread below which I had initially posed in an FB comment on the WGC2017 > Benalla page: the comment was deleted and I was blocked from the page. > > Rather than blaming the general membership for not magically implementing > ideas that somebody may have floated at some stage how about some effective > leadership and change management from whoever posted these rants and blocked > me from the pages (I am assuming “they” are both the same person). > > It would also be a good idea to add the name of the person responsible to > anything they post on behalf of the GFA. > > Just my thoughts. > > Ulrich > -----Original Message----- > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ulrich Stauss > Sent: Friday, 20 January 2017 13:36 > To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Worlds coverage > > Does anyone know why the live streaming comes online at the end and not > already for the Opening Ceremony? > Also, what were the problems initially? The organisers seem to think that it > was "Due to technical issues, Australia's ancient Internet system" (which I > think is not good form to post on a public and official web forum) and > offered another link. > Both streams now seem to work well though at least for me: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLmdBix3H_E > http://player.5stream.com/16094 > > Ulrich > -----Original Message----- > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Casey Jay Lewis > Sent: Wednesday, 18 January 2017 13:06 > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Worlds coverage > > Another John Styles rant I suspect. > > Carries a lot of anger that one. > > CJ > > iPhone Transmission > > > On 18 Jan 2017, at 10:33, Richard Hatch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Can anyone enlighten me to the comments posted from the GFA and the > > WGC in > relation to the sponsors yesterday. Seemed pretty weird and childish. They > have been deleted now I see. > > > > Ritch > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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