Well said Eddie On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM Eddie Runner via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
> AH!! > > IM a life member as well... > AND I am the one currently in charge of the reflector!! > > (no one else cares to be on the WEB committee) > We had the beginning of some committees coming together.. > > Kori, Terry L, and several others were really coming together to > grab volunteers and build out some committees.. > > I will tell you I like MIKE more then anyone!!! > > But Mike did scream at us and told us to forget all the work > we were doing and HE would assign committees.. > Why did he get mad at us? > > A committee is something where the members may change > but the committee with its procedures remains. > > If we had these committees, I would not get a call everytime > our treasurer locks himself out of the paypal account.. Or to > fix something on the website.. There is a whole system > (backend) to sell tickets and tables. But unfortunately, I am > the only one that knows how it works.. Sad to see your > 2025 hamfest ticket (bought online) is a 2024 ticket not a > 2025 ticket... > > Done that way for accounting purposes.. Messed up this year. > > I took some time off from my BVARC duties this last year because > I was concentrating on closing my store (which closed Dec 31 2024. > I told Mike, I told the board.. The new volunteers did not know > there were already procedures in place ... > > If we had the committee it would have been simple... > > I mentioned accounting... > > Ask the board if they felt good this year > approving hamfest money for this past hamfest when we have > no procedures for keeping records other than a bank statement.. > > how much was the rent, deposit, security, golf carts, porta pottys, > food guarantee, prize money, raffle tickets, > raffle sales (they didn't even count the tickets in 2022), one guess > was 26$ ha ha ha... > > Every member has the right to know these figures.. But our own > board has a hard time getting the info.. > > If we had the planned Financial committee to help our very busy > treasurer this would be no problem at all... > > But we get hollered at.. > > I'm sure Mike will call me in 5 minutes and holler at me about this post. > > I know, he knows, the board knows, many folks know, we need the > committees.. > > We can not talk about these issues on the air. > > We rarely have in person board meetings, it is very hard to get these > issues > recognized on a zoom meeting... > > And our club meetings, rarely talk about club business.. > > This reflector was intended to serve as a communications path for anything > related to our club or ham radio in a manner as if we were all sitting > around > a table together... > > This includes ideas, debate and even criticism.. things > are generally mild and a few posts a day about a dipole or a tuner.. But > things > once in a while do get emotional.... Thats what the reflector is for, no > where > else will some of these things get aired... > > As far as the reflector being for members only... > this has been talked about , but folks can get feisty about that as > well.... > > Censorship is not the answer.. > > BTW, its not about the $3 patch.. Its about the board of > directors giving a CHIT to follow up on their own decisions.. > > Its not the patch, its the board of directors.. > > Eddie Runner (NU5K) > BVARC Life Member > > On Monday, March 10, 2025 at 07:58:21 PM CDT, Lee Glassman WA5LEE via > BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is the same nonsense I replied to a month ago, and it has started > AGAIN! > > > All because of a dislike of Mike Hardwick and a $3 frickin PATCH… For > real, if you want a THANK YOU FROM BVARC patch, I will make up a bunch of > them on my Ricoma and send you one. There are bigger issues in life than > being pissed for lack of recognition for volunteering. > > > > I AM a member of the club. A LIFE member, in fact. I would like to make a > motion, through whatever mechanism is open to me, that the email reflector > only be open to current, dues-paying members. SECOND? > > > > I understand you want to keep an open forum. That is all well and good. > Keep it for the actual membership. > > > > Non-members should not be allowed to stir up crap like this on a personal > level and make the whole club look bad to the public! Seriously, don’t you > folks see that? > > > > Bottom line: Mike ran, he won. You folks did not. You rage quit. You all > sound like bitter Dem’s after Trump won the election. This is truly > embarrassing. > > > > Sorry, Anthony. You know I love ya’ (and your better half) to death…. I > would mobilize all my personal EMCOMM resources to assist you if needed. > But for G_d’s sake, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, let this go, brother. Same to the > rest of the non-member’s with all the angst an bitterness. > > > > *WA5LEE * > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- *Anthony Morones* * W5LIC* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* * 713-410-3948*
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