I can understand Ed's feelings about Skip and the club, and I certainly appreciate all the quality work he's done over the years for this group. But as far as I'm concerned, the best thing that Skip could do is to step back and allow someone with the talent and desire to get the club up and running as it should. Hey Ed, maybe you can tell group about the year when the Directors voted Skip out! It's my understanding (politically correct for its a fact) that Skip went ahead and nullified the vote, making the majority of Directors look like horses asses! Sure looks like he has the Ercoupers in his best interests. PROGRESS my friend, is what it should be all about. And as for your indications of "volunteering", sure its human nature to accept. As a matter of fact, if anyone wants to volunteer to paint my house, come on down, I accept!
Ed, my contention is that this a/c and this "type club" has been in the shitter for a long, long, time. It's time someone takes it out of there and places it where it belongs. If it means starting a new group (as did the Luscombers) so be it, but it can't stay where it is. (If anyone really is interested in this political donnybrook, get a bunch of back issues of Coupe Capers, start reading and start analyzing. You'll see that there are people that care and people that just criticize. Funny, the people that care aren't around any more, but the people that criticize are still there, being critical. Maybe the people that care have advanced their lifestyles? ) As for me, the EOC and some of its VERY few backwards power staff can go to hell, and to you, Ed, I graciously award my Board of Director's vote by proxy at the upcoming nationals, (as long as you don't try to vote against the establishment, we wouldn't want that!). Many of you will be relieved to hear that I am tired and will no longer comment on this crap. Al (will always love the Ercoupes) DeMarzo Pissed Off Regional 11 Director (until the end of the year), EOC Ed Burkhead wrote: > > Al DeMarzo wrote: > > > > You are all under the exact same impression that I was when I > > started in 'coupes, then decided to run for a director's slot. > > Good luck, I hope that you don't run into the same brick wall > > that so many people have flown into. Live and learn, I guess! > > Al > > > > > > Doyle wrote: > > > > Percy: actually I am in Springfield, Missouri, but I am > > going to the EOC Nationals in June. Tom's msg indicates > > that Skip may already be working on the email addresses, but > > if I get the chance to bring up the issue in Jacksonville, I > > will. It could be that a lot of the disorganization > > Currently in vogue is because of the number of new coupers > > who just haven't yet had the opportunity to influence the > > establishment. Or it could be the result of that perpetual > > and insidious apathy that seems to inflict my generation. > > Crazy was surprised his offer of web space was rejected by > > the EOC, but I suspect it may have been a lack of technical > > appreciation. But as an interested forum, I think we can, > > as a group, continue to voice suggestions to Skip with the > > expectation of both resistance and cooperation; which over > > time may lead to something. Except for the apathy, I would > > help. (g) > > Several things are at work. > > Skip co-created the EOC. He feels, I'm sure, pride in ownership. Even > in his current minimally involved condition, he probably puts in a few > hours a week, year round on it. > > Threaten the EOC as he knows it. Threaten to take it away and he'll > understandably resist. > > Show him an easy way to give you what you want. Or show him a way he > can profit socially or financially from what you want and you will get > it. This is basic human nature and not a bad thing. > > Apathy of members relates to this. Offer to do the work and you can get > your goal. > > Back in 1991, I was newly involved in being editor / reporter / trainer > / photographer for my army reserve unit's paper. We are a public > affairs unit. What we do is write stories, take pictures, and publish > it. > > I had been long dismayed at the low quality of the Coupe Capers product. > We had rampant misspellings and obviously faulty stuff being printed > that any pilot would have known were errors. > > At the national fly-in in Locke Haven, PA, I approached Skip. He knew > me a little since I had been to several fly-ins. > > I detailed my knowledge and training. Then I offered to take on some of > the donkey work. I offered to proofread the paper before printing or > any other part of the job with which he needed help. > > The next day, Skip offered to let me be the editor of Coupe Capers. I > responded with serious dignity that I'd sure like to try it. That was > my secret long-term goal, inside I was doing cartwheels! I did it from > Summer '91 through December '94 to the best of my ability. > > Since I lost my medical in the spring of '93 the last year and a half > were hard. I was elbow deep in the candy but I was diabetic and > couldn't eat any. > > The moral of the story is: offer to do the work and Skip and the board > will probably give you a round of applause! They even started paying me > to do it when I asked. > > Might I suggest, we offer to re-do the layout of the membership renewal > envelopes and the annual membership roster. And that we do the > programming or report definition to make the club's database program > spit it out with almost no effort on the editor's part other than typing > the e-mail addresses in in the first place. A win-win situation. > > Who would like to join me in proposing this? > > -- > Ed Burkhead > East Peoria, Ill. > N3802H, 415-D
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