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« on: March 04, 2015, 03:49:30 PM »
I would like to take a few minutes to try and clear up a few things. All of the posts and e-mails being sent out seem to be leaning towards me having some kind of a hostile vendetta against John and that I somehow set out to discredit him and ruin his reputation. This is SO far from the truth. As a board member, he and I starting butting heads in December of 2013 regarding the 2014 National Meet that was to be held in the Eastern District that I was in charge of and had been working non-stop on. After sending him an e-mail regarding one of the awards I had gotten, he informed me that “he” had already (a year in advance) decided how he wanted the club’s portion to be awarded and that I was to coordinate around that.
Throughout the entire year, John had dictated to all of the board members how he wanted things done, like…all board members were to go onto the forum and introduce the new members who were new to their district and told us that we also needed to type out our own show reports (a specific way) and submit them with our bulletin reports. Both of these jobs were previously the secretary’s responsibility and no one on the board would have thought twice about it and would gladly have done it had he “asked” if we would take those jobs over to lighten his load. We all know how big the secretary’s job is, but the secretary is part of the board, not the boss.
In 2014, John was going through every aspect of the club in an attempt to change things, like: awards that were to be handed out at each meet (which he did without telling anyone), membership prices, constitution wording, forms, points, and even district boundaries. It wasn’t until after he had publicaly mentioned on the forum that once he had his new board in place, he would get things passed (things that had already been voted down) and that he would also take Ohio out of the Eastern District and put it into his district…it was then that I felt the ABC would be harmfully affected with him in the leadership role, especially with 2 votes on the board.
I am not the only one who felt this way, but I guess am the only one who will admit to talking to others about the upcoming vote. There were many who did not want to see John win that election. If you want to call it a campaign, okay. I also realize it is much easier for John to put his lack of support onto me as the cause of his loss. I'm pretty sure everyone is well aware that I'm not the cause of it. And there were no votes bought. That is totally absurd to even suggest.
I never talked John down, I just talked Clif up to about 10-12 people and I have shared e-mails and texts to some people in an attempt to prove that. The only person I said anything negative to was the on-coming board member who would be taking my place, not wanting her to be blind sighted by what she might have to deal with. And like John, I am not going to try to discredit her, either…but I will say, my remembrance of our phone call is no where near how she describes it and I just want all of my friends to know that if anyone were to ever call me and start talking bad things about you, the conversation would be over in minutes. It is only my “guess” that her hostility and accusations against me are a result of John confronting all who voted against him. Again, that is only a guess.
I just want to conclude that I know how some of my forum post may have come across in my frustration and I apologize for the drama that they may have created. I only want what’s best for the club and have tried to stay clear of the forum for a while, but I don’t want anyone thinking I have evil thoughts about John or anyone else. A month after the National Meet, (where John decided to appoint others to do his job) I even sent the below e-mail to him. I guess you can decide for yourself where you think my heart is toward John. Just because I can’t stand him as a board member does not mean I don’t pray for him as a person. This is the exact e-mail…word-for-word.
John,
I had heard you were having some kind of a procedure on your heart soon. For some reason I was thinking it's tomorrow. Putting all ABC stuff aside, I sincerely hope all goes well for you and that you have peace about it.
Thanks for sticking up for me, DeWayne. I appreciate it very much.