>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 > Ed, I applaud you for your loyalty but the fact of the matter is that since I essentially offered him up a freebie (Space on my WEB page) for EOC business and for any other Couper out there and he didn't even take the time to write back with so much as an F--- you. I figure that he will pass up a freebie if he doesn't have total control, so the offer of free help and resources are not really welcome.
On another occasion I asked that he put my letter in Coupe Capers with my offer to provide free web advertising for any coupes for sale or wanted, again no response, and a year later no letter in Coupe Capers. Lets face it Ed, Skip only puts minimal effort into the EOC and from the sound of it you're doing the loin's share of the work. I think it's great, you do all the work and he gets to cruise. Dave 41 Charlie Dave's Ercoupe Page http://www.flash.net/~dmprosvc/dave
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