Mac,
No Kevlar or Nomex needed.......... and I got CAPS!
I agree with most of what you have experienced. But, and a large
BUT, I believe there will be changes in MBCA. And, if elected as a
DAL, I will work to make "history" NEVER happen again.
History is something that is there and nothing I can say can refute
what anyone believes happened.
If you wish to witness the change, then stay a member in the MBCA!
As to how your local section is focused, only you can change that.
Bring in new members who are non-SL, arrange for a cookout or
Christmas Party to benefit a local charity, ..... It's your club
and your section........ Go for it!
I hope one day we can meet, shake, discuss, have a few brews and
become friends......
Take care,
Chuck
Phoenix AZ
On Oct 9, 2006, at 8:21 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
Gary is telling one episode that concerns him. There are numerous
others,
involving people now passed into memory from previous lists.
I can assure you that had you been present back when that certain
cabal
effectively seized control of MBCA, you *might* not argue this issue.
Unless you condone cronyism, extremely lucrative untendered
contracts to
pals, refusal to be accountable to membership, etc., as legitimate
club
executive behaviour.
Let's not be sidetracked by MBCA being a 'club'. Its chapters are
indeed
clubs, some more grassroots than others (our local one is a bit too
SL-focused for my palate). Rather MBCA is a rather large business
enterprise
involving a big chunk of cash.
Oh, and just to turn your crank: I have been in writing/editing/
publishing
for 20+ years. For the money paid to the publisher, The Star is a
miserable
disgrace, lacking in depth, vision and any form of real meat-n-bones
content. If MBCNA did not feed it high-quality editorial and image
content
it would barely pass muster as part of the auto trader family. You
can print
crap on nice heavy gloss paper, but it's still crap.
Check out The Roundel, the BMWCA publication. Comes out twice as
often (from
memory), top-notch editor and you can actually enjoy it even if you
don't
own a BMW. I used to look forward to getting it. My Star editions
ended up
in a pile on the living room floor. Couple of years later I sold
them on
eBay.
I still have my Roundels, and I have not been into BMWs since the late
1990s.
Sorry, guys, you are getting ripped big time.
Mac
Oh I'm a gonna need the Kevlar and Nomex now
on 10/9/06 9:57 PM, Hendrik Riessen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes but you are condeming a whole organisation because of the
actions of a
few people and then calling them names on a mail list. Sounds like
you have
some issues and using Kaleb's list to vent your anger.
Of course there is going to be members who are only interested in
having
power and playing games but there are also a lot of good people
involved
with the MBCA who genuinely are fans of the Star marque. I think
you went
into the club with some pre conceived ideas of what it would be
like and
when you found out it was the same bullshit only a better class of
car you
got sour. Just about every club has power struggles and major
a***holes who
f**k it up for others. The only way to deal with people like that
is to beat
them at their own game, eventually others will see them for what
they are
and then it will be payback time. However if there are no decent
people left
in the club then the a***holes have won.
And how can they get the FBI onto you? I know democracy is pretty
much a
thing of the past in this brave new world we are forging for
ourselves but I
do not think the FBI wants to get involved in a bitchfight. Unless
you are
not telling us the whole story.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] JOINED MBCA
I just don't associate with this kind of group. why would i want
to be in
a
club where bob beltz and george murphy try to get the FBI after
me because
i
don't agree with them? I am as puzzled why any of you would want to
belong
to such a club as you seem to be puzzled why I would not want to
be. I
just
don't get involved in this sort of unbalanced stuff.
But I'm basically for liberty. you want to associate with this
sort of
thing, then i'm all for you doing so. I, however, will not.
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