Hi, I just wanted to say that i'm a greeter for all in play, and i have seen these events unfold. I feel all in play lost the community spirit a little while ago now. The games are still very good and i'm still there to help new people, whatever happens.
Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Information About All inPlay > Hi Everyone I have been asked to post this letter. I hope it will > enable you to help. > > Marlaina > I have been asked to send this message. I hope it wil ve very helpful > to > you. > > Hello everyone. > > Can you imagine drama and deception being caused by the co-founders of All > InPlay? Well, if you can't, just read below. > > It all started in January of 2005 when Paul came to the tgreeter team > leader, Cotton > Blossom, and told her about Jojo, whom he said was an ordinary college > intern. Since that time, All InPlay has not communicated decently with CB > or the rest of the greeter team, and the many opportunities that we gave > to > Paul to tell us *HONESTLY* who Jojo was were shot down. > Also, CB wrote many emails to Paul encouraging him to communicate openly > with her, but he never did. > > On June 19, 2006, the greeters wrote to Paul about having a recognition > ceremony for CB. In his response on June 20, he said, "It is so sweet > that > you and the others wish to throw a party for CB! At > the moment I have my hands very full with Holdem so can't think much > about plans. > > As for JoJo Bot - CB gets far more recognition than Aaron, the leader of > our other volunteer team (the testers), yet none of the testers complain > that Aaron does not have a bot yet Michael (our new programmer) does. > That is because they understand they are volunteers and Michael is a > part of our team. _no one_ has any issues. > > I have given CB _far_ more recognition than any other volunteer - > including Aaron. Yet it never seems to be enough. > > You, VV, CB, and the others are volunteers. And like our other > volunteers, get thanked publicly and fairly often." Really? I've never > heard or seen him thank her in public. He seemed unwilling to even give > it > a thought. > > In July, at the ACB convention, CB and I went by the All InPlay booth so > that CB could ask Paul if they could talk. She asked for "five minutes," > "at some point in the week." They talked that day, but not even for the > whole five minutes, because when Paul was called to a meeting, he just > brushed CB aside and went on his merry way. He did not even approach CB > again for another meeting. One of my friends, who was not yet a community > member, came by the All InPlay booth and she said that she was there for > about 45-50 minutes, and for most of those minutes, "someone named > Melaney" > was there and Paul and she had their heads together in deep conversation. > That same friend said that Paul promptly introduced Jojo as his fiance. > He > can tell a total stranger, but not his own community? Sounds strange to > me! > > Another thing that Paul has done is to take down the volunteer greeter > page > and take CB's contact info out of the welcome letters without her > knowledge. > I have documentation to support this fact if anyone wants it. On August > 8, > 2006, some of the greeters, including myself, tried to call Paul to get > some > answers to our questions, so we asked our questions to Jeremie and he > forwarded them to Paul. When Paul responded on August 9, he did not > answer > them properly and seemed to think that it was not important to answer > them. > When I told him that he did not answer our questions satisfactorily, he > said > in an email to me on August 10, 2006, "If you trust us so little, do not > work with us." > > And the last straw happened last night at 9:30, when CB logged into her > GreeterLeader email. She found to her dismay that her position had been > taken. Back in October, when CB told him about a job she had gotten, he > reassured her that he would not take the position without first talking > with > her by phone about it. Well, he didn't. Not only did he take the > position, > but he took her complimentary membership as well, and shortchanged her by > at > least 102 days that she should have had on her account. > > Can you imagine drama and deception being caused by the co-founders of All > InPlay? After reading this letter, you may have responded differently > than > before. If you have been helped by CB or any of us greeters, or you have > worked with CB under her leadership, it may be helpful to her if you rote > to > Paul and made your voices heard! Thank you. > > SummerGirl: > A blast of summer all year round! > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. 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