King James :-)

["David Engle" <datruedave@home.com>]

Hmmm, it seems that some people are picturing James as an evil tyrant....

I have an opinion on this as well.  James and I have disagreed on a few
things over the past week.  I questioned the involvement of the AGA.  Heck,
I questioned whether or not there even *is* an AGA.  Since that time,
however, I've decided that whether or not the AGA adds anything to this
contest (I still am not sure if they can), this contest will benefit our
hobby.  The AGA is the only organization of it's kind in North America(that
I know of) and this may be just the thing to turn the AGA into a club worth
joining.  If any of you can think of another appropriate organization(that
has a treasury and a bookkeeper) that might be able to provide the same
benefits to our hobby, then, even if James doesn't want to hear about it, I
would like to.  I couldn't think of any, and since I couldn't provide an
alternative to teaming up with the AGA on this thing, I shut the hell up.

Steve from Vancouver wrote:
<<<James have you thought that your not getting to to much info and
response from from the majority of the members of this list,because they
have been intimidated by your statements? I know you have intimidated
me,what with  one of your very early responses to a fellow from
calif.,then your blasting of dave gomberg,then your flipent "good-bye
Rodger" comment. When I joined this list,I did not realise that I was
possibly going to be smacked on the hand by the teacher,I've had very
little to say for this very reason!>>>

Waaahhh, if you're not mature enough to handle blunt statements and somebody
else's sense of humor, then I'm not going to miss you, and I would hope that
nobody else will either.  Organizing things are difficult enough when
everyones in the same room.  Do you think it gets easier when it's being
done via email, when you can't hear someone's tone of voice or see their
facial expression?  If you can't present alternatives to any of the ideas
you don't like, then shut the hell up! (or offer an apology when you say you
 don't like an idea but don't have an alternative.)

This contest will go nowhere if trivial things like this continue to plague
us.  I hope that this is the last of these type of comments.


Dave Engle
Escondido (San Diego) California
Non AGA Member
If you have a problem with what I've said, you may privately email me, I'm
not sure this needs to be discussed on the list. (but maybe it does?)
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