Progress is being made to get the magazine out to the membership. Craig describes what is causing the delay in his above post. We are all volunteers doing what needs to be done in the time that we can commit to working for this Club. This is not a 9 to 5 job and the pay sucks!

Jan Meermans - A committee of one

I must be the odd one out, I had a 200% pay increase this year!
Remember though that 200% of nothing is still nothing !!!!!
Seriously, we can use all the help we can get so how about some more folks stepping up to the plate  to do a bit to help.
It was J. F. K who said “ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”.
in our case replace “country” with “club”.

Rome wrote:

Yea! I got a feeling it just went in there own pockets and they said adios sarnia!!!!!!!

I fully understand that everyone wants to get their magazine, and the delays in getting this out rest squarely on my shoulders. As usual, Jan has done a great job in compiling another fantastic issue.

I do find the above comment to be particularly unhelpful and very far off-base. Rome, I respect your knowledge and contribution here, but I also want to be very clear that there is no one within this organization that receives one cent (or any other amount) for the time and effort they put into the club. Several directors have paid out of pocket for things the Club needs with no reimbursement. I personally made two trips to Peoria this year, a 12 hour round trip, paid for fuel, hotels, meals, rented a trailer, loaded the trailer, rented storage in Kansas City, paid for that storage and continue to do so out of my own pocket. Further, I loaded two pallets of goods for sale at Santa Margarita, loaded them onto a Fedex Truck and paid for the shipping. I have not asked for, and will not ask for reimbursement of those (not small) expenditures. There are other directors that have been equally generous with their own funds and certainly their time investment. As another example, Jan was offered a small (and very deserved) stipend for his time and effort editing our magazine, which he flatly refused. I have a great deal of respect for all the people that volunteer for this Club, it is a small number, but they are essential in every way, and deserve the gratitude of us all.  To suggest that anyone involved with the operation of the Club would "pocket" anything is offensive, and out of line, I hope that this post can help you and all understand why.

It is my fault for not having the software issues ironed out in advance, and I am apologetic for that, but let's turn our thoughts to support for the few volunteers that carry the burden of operations of the Club. 


 

Thanks I appreciate the apology and am glad you're here.