PAM thing - final (hopefully)

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

> From: Karen Randall <krandall@WORLD.STD.COM>

> I told him that _nothing_ but these 4 "standard" ads were part of this
> arrangement, and that _any_ changes to that arrangement had to be approved
> by the SC.  Any other promotional announcements of AGA events, etc, were
> simply that, informing his readers of happenings in the hobby.
> 
> I said that at the end of this period, we could all look at where we stood,
> and decide if we wanted to proceed forward on the same terms, and he agreed
> to this as well.

Thank you very much Karen for taking care of this.  It makes several
points now moot, and I think we can either vote or skip it and just
officially give Mary control of the PAM ads from here on out... just print
three of them. :)

> He also made the comment that he almost always will back down if someone
> really strongly really objects to something he says.  I think that's
> probably true.  When I think about it, he has caused us to get all up in
> arms a number of times and he has pressured us to do things we weren't
> comfortable with.  But when push has come to shove, when we have put our
> collective feet down, he _does_ back right down, and in fairly good grace.
> And he has not held _any_ of these disagreements against us.  We seem to
> spend much more time worrying about what he "might" do to harm AGA than
> dealing with anything he's actually done.

Very useful observation.  I guess this is what Neil was poking at a couple
days back, that Dave is trying to find out what he can get away with, but
we interpret this as demands (he certainly words them that way).  I will
tuck this away as part of my "dealing with dave" utility belt for next
time.

  - Erik

PS: I'm starting to get the feeling I may be dragging too many issues to
the MC->SC discussion/voting table than some feel I should.  I am trying
to err on the side of caution, so we can back off the details later as we
settle in.  Remember we still don't even have any bylaws... no guidance!

-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com