a bigger space for both auctions and cycle through the clubs other auctioneers.However, we need
Okay, I'm in Ohio till tomorrow night, but I need to make a comment here.
Indeed I asked for a bigger room - we made do and it was fine.
But I'm really getting tired of hearing the second thing. Eric, I'm looking RIGHT AT YOU. When I left the room to pee during the auction, and you took over, you hammered thru the items SO FAST that there were six errors in the short time you were on the mic. Then you sat down and proceeded to bitch under your breath to whoever would listen that I "just came back and took over" and "it needs to go faster, faster" then you sat there and huffed and pouted to yourself. Yeah, I heard and saw every word of that, don't think I didn't.
Need I remind you that we hammered through a record number of items in FOUR HOURS. Yes, I'm sure you would have liked to have it done in two, so you could get on with your Saturday, but it took exactly as long as it took - it is pointless to rush things when all you're going to do is create mistakes. And may I also remind the board that I have repeatedly said I am more than happy to let someone else auctioneer, or run the auction however they see fit, all they have to do is ask.
To this point, no one has asked. Instead, each time I offer, you all say "Oh, no you go ahead.", then complain about not getting time to be auctioneer later. I'm tired of the passive-aggressiveness. If you want time as auctioneer, say so (and we'll make a schedule and stick to it at future auctions)or stop complaining about it.
That being the case, I will be as as efficient an auctioneer as possible. If anyone has an issue with me, or how I auctioneer, or how I choose to run the auctions, or would like to take over being in charge of the annual auction, speak now or forever hold your peace. Life is too short to have these pissing matches among friends, and if the "old guard" has a better, more efficient (and error-free) way of doing things, that isn't simply "old guard bitchiness", I'm all ears. Unless you can auctioneer at ridiculous speeds without creating unacceptable amounts of errors, I would suggest that perhaps I'm onto something good here and am better left alone to do it, new guy or not.
If the case is that the auction is too long, then we need to further limit the number of lots each person can bring and not have ANY donations. However, may I remind all of you that this is our ANNUAL auction and makes money for the entire year of speakers and rent. Further, the Vancouver auctioon had only 20% more lots, but took eight hours to finish, so we're really not doing bad at all in under four hours.
Please let me know offline if anyone has any issues with this. Otherwise, I will consider this issue closed for further discussion. Seriously. If the only thing anyone has to complain about after the auction is that they didn't get mic time, well then I guess we had ourselves a fine auction after all.
Phil
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