Hey NYSOliver,
I wish you would have invited me to your table! I normally refrain from just sitting down at any table, it could be embarrassing. I didn&#039;t care much for the closet thing, I saw it, a bunch of grown men in the closet arguing, watched for a minute or so, then outta there, nothing I want. I had been at Jenna&#039;s diner on the other side of town, eating brunch with Paul Rode, we had been working all morning on the bylaws, had to go eat. Paul got a phone call that Ollie and Darius Harms had Jim Muhs cornered, and was giving him a hard time. We had to go back, when we got there, nothing but grown men arguing like a bunch of school kids. I told Paul we needed to get back to work on writing the language for the bylaws changes, he agreed, we left. But, I agree, it didn&#039;t look good, I don&#039;t know what started it, don&#039;t know what they did, and don&#039;t know what the conclusion was, and really could care less, that is their business. The formal date on the bylaws committee was Nov. 8. The issue with Sherry did have some effect, some input, and some issues to look at. But, it did stir up an atmosphere of controversy, which can never make an effort of this nature easier. Then the magazine was later than expected, which may have made a motion to put the changes on the ballot illegal, due to the previous notice requirement. Then add in the effect all this will have on finding willing candidates, and it just makes the job that much tougher, it was really hard to sell the electing directors issue, nobody wants to run. I talked to about half of the board about this, all of them told me that once their term expires they have no intention of seeking another. My observation is, 1 1/2 years ago, there was 3 candidates for President, one dropped out, and 2 for secretary. If we had members willing to hold office why wasn&#039;t there 4 or 5 for each position? Why is it that when I ask a member if they would be willing to serve the answer is almost always an excuse or negative? At this time the only place I can think of that could be a bigger pain than on bylaws is to be on nominating. NO,NO, NO, I will NOT serve on that committee!!!
As to the suggestions being brought out to the committee being in raw form? I printed all them directly and as they were from the thread, that is how the committee got them. I don&#039;t have time to edit and condense them, nor did I want to. The committee got everything in the same form I did, duplications and all.
As far as the final draft of the bylaws changes being ready for the meeting, impossible! Things were more difficult, more issues than expected, and nothing went smoothly as expected. Not only that, not necessary, the committee is still working in a few issues, I put in over 11 1/2 hours of MY WGT time on this, I PAID MY OWN WAY, nobody including yourself gave me one red cent, I wouldn&#039;t accept it anyhow! Since nobody is paying me, nobody gets to tell me what to do, that is the bottom line.
I haven&#039;t unpacked yet, but I will check the pants leg on the jeans I wore that day, normally I don&#039;t try to get mud on my pants, just my shoes, they got plenty.
Harley Dawg is very able to get in the car by himself, he climbs into my semi by himself. For some reason he was not normal at Landis&#039; probably the excitement. As he gets older, he does better in a quiet environment. When he got back home last night, he was perfectly calm, I guess familiar surroundings.