[DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)

Ken Green kenn_green at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 22 17:51:16 EDT 2016


All of this would be pretty funny if so many people had not been thrown under the bus.
Someone should contact a documentary producer to make a film about "Clubs Go Wrong".  Kinda like the Marx Brothers "Duck Soup".
Ken

      From: Pantdino via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
 To: julian_kift at hotmail.com; bill at incendium.com 
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com; michaelsavga at gmail.com; detomaso at detomasolist.com; mbglobalsc at aol.com; gpd4 at juno.com
 Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 2:11 PM
 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)
   
  This is all beyond bizarre



  Jim Oddie





  -----Original Message-----
  From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
  To: bill <bill at incendium.com>
  Cc: Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com>; Mike Burnett
  <mbglobalsc at aol.com>; Gpd4 <gpd4 at juno.com>; De Tomaso List
  <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; detomaso
  <detomaso at detomasolist.com>
  Sent: Fri, Jul 22, 2016 2:07 pm
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)
  You guys appear to still all be on the wrong list email!
  Julian
  > On Jul 22, 2016, at 1:57 PM, "[1]bill at incendium.com"
  <[2]bill at incendium.com> wrote:
  >
  > Scott, etal; I have yet to receive a survey??????
  >
  > Bill
  >
  > Calgary
  >
  > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
  >
  > -------- Original message --------
  > From: Scott Mead Photography <[3]scott at scottmeadphotography.com>
  > Date: 2016-07-22 2:50 PM (GMT-07:00)
  > To: 'Gpd4' <[4]gpd4 at juno.com>, 'Scott Couchman'
  <[5]scottcouchman at yahoo.com>
  > Cc: 'Michael Shortt' <[6]michaelsavga at gmail.com>,
  > [7]detomaso at detomasolist.com, 'Mike Burnett' <[8]mbglobalsc at aol.com>
  > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)
  >
  > It's curious that some people (myself included) were not included on
  > the
  > original email distribution (and I am a current POCA member). As I
  > understand it, the survey was attached to Mr. Shortt's original
  email.
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: DeTomaso [[9]mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
  On
  > Behalf
  > Of Gpd4
  > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 8:19 AM
  > To: Scott Couchman
  > Cc: Michael Shortt; [10]detomaso at detomasolist.com; Mike Burnett
  > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)
  > How will this survey be received?
  > GPD4
  > Sent from my iPhone
  >>> On Jul 22, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Scott Couchman via DeTomaso
  >> <[11]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
  >>
  >> I support the POCA Board of Directors.
  >>
  >> On Jul 22, 2016, at 6:11 AM, Michael Shortt
  > <[1][12]michaelsavga at gmail.com>
  >> wrote:
  >>
  >> My Fellow POCA Members,
  >>
  >> It is with deep regret that I must inform you of improprieties
  > within
  >> your club which has resulted in the
  >> suspension of the [2]POCA.Com website.
  >>
  >> Most of you know that I have personally been the target of attacks
  >> since before assuming office as the President of POCA last Jan 1st.
  >>
  >> It has been an incessant, organized and relentless campaign staged
  > by a
  >> small handful of members resistant to change. I will name them
  >>
  >> below, but first a little history so that you know where my
  > motivation
  >> comes from and why I thought I could make a difference, I will be
  >> brief.
  >>
  >> This club over the past two decades has hovered in the 700-800
  > member
  >> range, without fail, the club has attracted 30-60 new members each
  >> year
  >>
  >> and lost an equal number, some years, like in 2014/15, losing over
  > 150
  >> members. Growth has never been possible because member retention
  >>
  >> and member recruitment has ever been a priority.
  >> If your expenses and dues remain flat and new blood is not
  > required,
  >> it just means that you
  >>
  >> basically have a stagnant and aging membership (like any older
  >> community church).
  >>
  >> That is what POCA had, and a membership with over
  >> 60
  >> % of it's members over 60, and 20% over 70.
  >>
  >> Expenses have grown unchecked and the club spends more money than
  > it
  >> take in. It also was dated with no updates in well over a decade.
  >>
  >> I saw all of this and thought with my particular skill sets I could
  >> make a difference. I immediately set about an agenda with 27 items
  > and
  >> was told that I would never
  >>
  >> get half of that done in my full two year term, I did all of it in
  > 5
  >> months with the then current support of a progressive BOD.
  >>
  >> Meanwhile, the person whom I defeated for President ( 77% - 23%)
  > Rob
  >> D'Orazio, Larry Finch, Asa Jay Laughton, and others, most recently
  > Gil
  >> Mares have
  >>
  >> beleaguered me 24/7 with email, false accusations, lies, technical
  > BS
  >> and simply mean and hateful emails. When the poca email forum was
  >> disabled to
  >>
  >> make room for the new and improved [3]poca.com ( which I built and
  >> designed after asking for help form these same people and none
  >> volunteered ), they went out
  >>
  >> with Kurt Byrnes and created another email forum which is the most
  > vile
  >> and disgusting, most toxic email list you could ever hope to not be
  >> apart of and it's primary
  >>
  >> purpose has been to slander, libel, lie, and create dissension
  > within
  >> POCA. None of those named so far have contributed anything to the
  > club
  >> while I have been President
  >>
  >> except hate and I was lucky enough to be their primary target, No
  >> worries,
  >>
  >> as many of you know, I work in show biz and politics, so i'm used
  > to
  >> professional haters,
  >>
  >> a few amateurs didn't really affect me and the club has flourished.
  >> The first list that was supplied to me of members after 3 months of
  >> begging showed 808
  >>
  >> POCA members, after culling out those who were deceased or expired
  > that
  >> number of active, PAID POCA members was 718 active members.
  >>
  >> This club spent $6,000 last year sending publications to the dead
  > and
  >> those not paying dues.
  >>
  >> As of yesterday, that number is now
  >> 867 active paid members. Many of the deadbeats paid up and we have
  >> added over 100 NEW members.
  >>
  >> A part of that effort resulted in the resignations of Jack DeRyke
  > as
  >> Newsletter editor and Mike Haney as Profiles editor because I was
  >> finally able to get the BOD
  >>
  >> to listen to reason and change printers, we have been robbed by 10
  >> years, paying $100,000 more for Black and White printing than FULL
  >> COLOR printing would cost.
  >>
  >> It is rumoured that there was more to that than I can confirm, but
  > the
  >> result was without using THAT printer,, they stopped working.
  >>
  >> Josette D'Orazio resigned as POCA store manager after 2.5 years of
  >> service while selling 166 orders., she said that my vision of an
  >> expanded store (revenue producing )was not
  >>
  >> what she wanted to do and did not want to do the extra work as
  >> required. I understand and it was a nice parting.
  >>
  >> Why the emphasis on Money, the club runs on money, Printing alone
  > was
  >> 17% more than all of our dues.
  >>
  >> The fun rally was supposed to make money, but they spent $20,205 on
  >> booze over 3 days, $47,000 in gross revenue and the club retained
  >> $1,600,
  >>
  >> I will not bore you with a detailed list of improvements, but there
  >> have been many, suffice it to say, the club has seen more new and
  >> different in the last 7 months than in the past 20 years.
  >>
  >> That was my goal and it was done while under constant attack. Most
  >> recently, worrying about the name of the forming "Southern Pride
  >> Panteras" chapter as being inappropriate
  >>
  >> ( clearly not knowing a large group of big cats is called a Pride,
  >> usually Lions, esp since Tigers, Leopards and Panthers are unlikely
  > to
  >> gather in groups). Then it was us bring Tom Tjarrda
  >>
  >> here to represent the club on the national stage ( while we still
  > can
  >> have him with us) and so many other ridiculous things that were
  > truly
  >> none of their business, all while recruiting no members and
  >>
  >> contributing nothing positive to the club.
  >>
  >> WHY The website is down
  >>
  >> over the last month, the miscreants finally realized I was immune
  > to
  >> their nonsense and just carried on doing what needed to be done to
  >> create a better POCA Membership Experience,
  >>
  >> value added if you will,
  >> for each of you.
  >>
  >> S
  >> so they changed focus and begin
  >> attacking John Buckman, Joe Stockett and Ed Mendez, all fine
  > gentlemen
  >> and a solid part of the fist 6 months of progress we made. I
  > certainly
  >> could not have
  >>
  >> done anything with their support.
  >>
  >> Yet, they are not me, Larry Finch and Gil Mares specifically ( the
  > same
  >> man who spent $1,200 of club money as a part of the Fun Rally
  > committee
  >> to travel to Las Vegas earlier this year and then
  >>
  >> quit the committee leaving us in the lurch to name replacements in
  >> March for the event in May ) browbeat John, Joe and Ed to such a
  >> degree, the following has occurred.
  >>
  >> Yesterday they called the web hosting company and expressed a
  > desire to
  >> change the direction of the club. Last night against all the
  > rules,
  >> bylaws, etc.
  >>
  >> they had a impromptu BOD meeting ( without us) and essentially have
  >> started acoup to take over the club.
  >>
  >> The website host company as a matter of policy and to protect
  >> the content of the website learned of this,
  >> thankfully preserving my 600+ hours of work)
  >>
  >> and disabled the website to keep them from destroying it and
  > changing
  >> it
  >> ,
  >> erasing everything that I have built.
  >>
  >> As you can imagine, Mike Burnett, Laurie Basile and I are beside
  >> ourselves at this turn of events.
  >>
  >> The first thing a third world dictator or anarchist does when
  > taking
  >> over a government ( but a car club,? it seems so stupid doesn't it)
  > is
  >> to disable the communications.
  >>
  >> You are going to be sent a survey this morning, it has biu one
  >> question.
  >>
  >> Do you want me to fight and give you the club that you deserve,
  >> to continue these improvements and finish dragging us out of the
  > 80's
  >> and into the 21st century?
  >>
  >> or
  >>
  >> Do you want us, Mike Burnett, Laurie Basile and I to just give up
  > and
  >> let the weak have the club and be at the continued direction of
  > this
  >> very, very small group* of haters and bullies letting
  >>
  >> the club revert back to the way it was for the last 20 years?
  >>
  >> You know I love a fight, you know I love to stand up to bullies, so
  > do
  >> not worry about us, we can handle it if that is what you want.
  >>
  >> * It should be noted that Rob D'Orazio attempted to have his small
  > 30
  >> member Chapter
  >> leave
  >> POCA last month
  >> and could not even manage to convince his own club to follow him.
  >>
  >>
  >> If you indicate a fight, look for it to be epic. If you wish to
  > return
  >> to the past, the three of us will resign ( as soon as Bob reid
  >> reimburses the $7,000 I am owed by the club for the new cards,
  >>
  >> New POCA store items,and other expenses)
  >>
  >> I await the results of the survey, I apologize this has happened
  > and I
  >> hope that you will indicate in strong numbers your displeasure at
  > the
  >> actions of 10 people over the rest of us ( 857 ).
  >>
  >> Thank you,
  >>
  >> Michael Shortt
  >>
  >> STILL President
  >>
  >> POCA
  >> --
  >> Michael L. Shortt
  >> Savannah, Georgia
  >> [4][13]michael at michaelshortt.com
  >> 912-232-9390
  >>
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  >> privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
  >> notified
  >> that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this
  >> communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender
  > that
  >> you
  >> have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you
  >>
  >> References
  >>
  >> 1. [14]mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  >> 2. [15]http://poca.com/
  >> 3. [16]http://poca.com/
  >> 4. [17]mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com
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  4. mailto:gpd4 at juno.com
  5. mailto:scottcouchman at yahoo.com
  6. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  7. mailto:detomaso at detomasolist.com
  8. mailto:mbglobalsc at aol.com
  9. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com?
  10. mailto:detomaso at detomasolist.com
  11. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
  12. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  13. mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com
  14. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com?
  15. http://poca.com/
  16. http://poca.com/
  17. mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com?
  18. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
  19. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
  20. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
  21. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
  22. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
  23. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
  24. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
  25. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
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   All of this would be pretty funny if so many people had not been thrown
   under the bus.
   Someone should contact a documentary producer to make a film about
   "Clubs Go Wrong".  Kinda like the Marx Brothers "Duck Soup".
   Ken
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: Pantdino via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   To: julian_kift at hotmail.com; bill at incendium.com
   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com; michaelsavga at gmail.com;
   detomaso at detomasolist.com; mbglobalsc at aol.com; gpd4 at juno.com
   Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 2:11 PM
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)
     This is all beyond bizarre
     Jim Oddie
     -----Original Message-----
     From: Julian Kift <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
     To: bill <[2]bill at incendium.com>
     Cc: Michael Shortt <[3]michaelsavga at gmail.com>; Mike Burnett
     <[4]mbglobalsc at aol.com>; Gpd4 <[5]gpd4 at juno.com>; De Tomaso List
     <[6]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; detomaso
     <[7]detomaso at detomasolist.com>
     Sent: Fri, Jul 22, 2016 2:07 pm
     Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)
     You guys appear to still all be on the wrong list email!
     Julian
     > On Jul 22, 2016, at 1:57 PM, "[1][8]bill at incendium.com"
     <[2][9]bill at incendium.com> wrote:
     >
     > Scott, etal; I have yet to receive a survey??????
     >
     > Bill
     >
     > Calgary
     >
     > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
     >
     > -------- Original message --------
     > From: Scott Mead Photography
   <[3][10]scott at scottmeadphotography.com>
     > Date: 2016-07-22 2:50 PM (GMT-07:00)
     > To: 'Gpd4' <[4][11]gpd4 at juno.com>, 'Scott Couchman'
     <[5][12]scottcouchman at yahoo.com>
     > Cc: 'Michael Shortt' <[6][13]michaelsavga at gmail.com>,
     > [7][14]detomaso at detomasolist.com, 'Mike Burnett'
   <[8][15]mbglobalsc at aol.com>
     > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)
     >
     > It's curious that some people (myself included) were not included
   on
     > the
     > original email distribution (and I am a current POCA member). As I
     > understand it, the survey was attached to Mr. Shortt's original
     email.
     > -----Original Message-----
     > From: DeTomaso
   [[9]mailto:[16]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
     On
     > Behalf
     > Of Gpd4
     > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 8:19 AM
     > To: Scott Couchman
     > Cc: Michael Shortt; [10][17]detomaso at detomasolist.com; Mike Burnett
     > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Website is Down, Here's Why (7)
     > How will this survey be received?
     > GPD4
     > Sent from my iPhone
     >>> On Jul 22, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Scott Couchman via DeTomaso
     >> <[11][18]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     >>
     >> I support the POCA Board of Directors.
     >>
     >> On Jul 22, 2016, at 6:11 AM, Michael Shortt
     > <[1][12][19]michaelsavga at gmail.com>
     >> wrote:
     >>
     >> My Fellow POCA Members,
     >>
     >> It is with deep regret that I must inform you of improprieties
     > within
     >> your club which has resulted in the
     >> suspension of the [2]POCA.Com website.
     >>
     >> Most of you know that I have personally been the target of attacks
     >> since before assuming office as the President of POCA last Jan
   1st.
     >>
     >> It has been an incessant, organized and relentless campaign staged
     > by a
     >> small handful of members resistant to change. I will name them
     >>
     >> below, but first a little history so that you know where my
     > motivation
     >> comes from and why I thought I could make a difference, I will be
     >> brief.
     >>
     >> This club over the past two decades has hovered in the 700-800
     > member
     >> range, without fail, the club has attracted 30-60 new members each
     >> year
     >>
     >> and lost an equal number, some years, like in 2014/15, losing over
     > 150
     >> members. Growth has never been possible because member retention
     >>
     >> and member recruitment has ever been a priority.
     >> If your expenses and dues remain flat and new blood is not
     > required,
     >> it just means that you
     >>
     >> basically have a stagnant and aging membership (like any older
     >> community church).
     >>
     >> That is what POCA had, and a membership with over
     >> 60
     >> % of it's members over 60, and 20% over 70.
     >>
     >> Expenses have grown unchecked and the club spends more money than
     > it
     >> take in. It also was dated with no updates in well over a decade.
     >>
     >> I saw all of this and thought with my particular skill sets I
   could
     >> make a difference. I immediately set about an agenda with 27 items
     > and
     >> was told that I would never
     >>
     >> get half of that done in my full two year term, I did all of it in
     > 5
     >> months with the then current support of a progressive BOD.
     >>
     >> Meanwhile, the person whom I defeated for President ( 77% - 23%)
     > Rob
     >> D'Orazio, Larry Finch, Asa Jay Laughton, and others, most recently
     > Gil
     >> Mares have
     >>
     >> beleaguered me 24/7 with email, false accusations, lies, technical
     > BS
     >> and simply mean and hateful emails. When the poca email forum was
     >> disabled to
     >>
     >> make room for the new and improved [3]poca.com ( which I built and
     >> designed after asking for help form these same people and none
     >> volunteered ), they went out
     >>
     >> with Kurt Byrnes and created another email forum which is the most
     > vile
     >> and disgusting, most toxic email list you could ever hope to not
   be
     >> apart of and it's primary
     >>
     >> purpose has been to slander, libel, lie, and create dissension
     > within
     >> POCA. None of those named so far have contributed anything to the
     > club
     >> while I have been President
     >>
     >> except hate and I was lucky enough to be their primary target, No
     >> worries,
     >>
     >> as many of you know, I work in show biz and politics, so i'm used
     > to
     >> professional haters,
     >>
     >> a few amateurs didn't really affect me and the club has
   flourished.
     >> The first list that was supplied to me of members after 3 months
   of
     >> begging showed 808
     >>
     >> POCA members, after culling out those who were deceased or expired
     > that
     >> number of active, PAID POCA members was 718 active members.
     >>
     >> This club spent $6,000 last year sending publications to the dead
     > and
     >> those not paying dues.
     >>
     >> As of yesterday, that number is now
     >> 867 active paid members. Many of the deadbeats paid up and we have
     >> added over 100 NEW members.
     >>
     >> A part of that effort resulted in the resignations of Jack DeRyke
     > as
     >> Newsletter editor and Mike Haney as Profiles editor because I was
     >> finally able to get the BOD
     >>
     >> to listen to reason and change printers, we have been robbed by 10
     >> years, paying $100,000 more for Black and White printing than FULL
     >> COLOR printing would cost.
     >>
     >> It is rumoured that there was more to that than I can confirm, but
     > the
     >> result was without using THAT printer,, they stopped working.
     >>
     >> Josette D'Orazio resigned as POCA store manager after 2.5 years of
     >> service while selling 166 orders., she said that my vision of an
     >> expanded store (revenue producing )was not
     >>
     >> what she wanted to do and did not want to do the extra work as
     >> required. I understand and it was a nice parting.
     >>
     >> Why the emphasis on Money, the club runs on money, Printing alone
     > was
     >> 17% more than all of our dues.
     >>
     >> The fun rally was supposed to make money, but they spent $20,205
   on
     >> booze over 3 days, $47,000 in gross revenue and the club retained
     >> $1,600,
     >>
     >> I will not bore you with a detailed list of improvements, but
   there
     >> have been many, suffice it to say, the club has seen more new and
     >> different in the last 7 months than in the past 20 years.
     >>
     >> That was my goal and it was done while under constant attack. Most
     >> recently, worrying about the name of the forming "Southern Pride
     >> Panteras" chapter as being inappropriate
     >>
     >> ( clearly not knowing a large group of big cats is called a Pride,
     >> usually Lions, esp since Tigers, Leopards and Panthers are
   unlikely
     > to
     >> gather in groups). Then it was us bring Tom Tjarrda
     >>
     >> here to represent the club on the national stage ( while we still
     > can
     >> have him with us) and so many other ridiculous things that were
     > truly
     >> none of their business, all while recruiting no members and
     >>
     >> contributing nothing positive to the club.
     >>
     >> WHY The website is down
     >>
     >> over the last month, the miscreants finally realized I was immune
     > to
     >> their nonsense and just carried on doing what needed to be done to
     >> create a better POCA Membership Experience,
     >>
     >> value added if you will,
     >> for each of you.
     >>
     >> S
     >> so they changed focus and begin
     >> attacking John Buckman, Joe Stockett and Ed Mendez, all fine
     > gentlemen
     >> and a solid part of the fist 6 months of progress we made. I
     > certainly
     >> could not have
     >>
     >> done anything with their support.
     >>
     >> Yet, they are not me, Larry Finch and Gil Mares specifically ( the
     > same
     >> man who spent $1,200 of club money as a part of the Fun Rally
     > committee
     >> to travel to Las Vegas earlier this year and then
     >>
     >> quit the committee leaving us in the lurch to name replacements in
     >> March for the event in May ) browbeat John, Joe and Ed to such a
     >> degree, the following has occurred.
     >>
     >> Yesterday they called the web hosting company and expressed a
     > desire to
     >> change the direction of the club. Last night against all the
     > rules,
     >> bylaws, etc.
     >>
     >> they had a impromptu BOD meeting ( without us) and essentially
   have
     >> started acoup to take over the club.
     >>
     >> The website host company as a matter of policy and to protect
     >> the content of the website learned of this,
     >> thankfully preserving my 600+ hours of work)
     >>
     >> and disabled the website to keep them from destroying it and
     > changing
     >> it
     >> ,
     >> erasing everything that I have built.
     >>
     >> As you can imagine, Mike Burnett, Laurie Basile and I are beside
     >> ourselves at this turn of events.
     >>
     >> The first thing a third world dictator or anarchist does when
     > taking
     >> over a government ( but a car club,? it seems so stupid doesn't
   it)
     > is
     >> to disable the communications.
     >>
     >> You are going to be sent a survey this morning, it has biu one
     >> question.
     >>
     >> Do you want me to fight and give you the club that you deserve,
     >> to continue these improvements and finish dragging us out of the
     > 80's
     >> and into the 21st century?
     >>
     >> or
     >>
     >> Do you want us, Mike Burnett, Laurie Basile and I to just give up
     > and
     >> let the weak have the club and be at the continued direction of
     > this
     >> very, very small group* of haters and bullies letting
     >>
     >> the club revert back to the way it was for the last 20 years?
     >>
     >> You know I love a fight, you know I love to stand up to bullies,
   so
     > do
     >> not worry about us, we can handle it if that is what you want.
     >>
     >> * It should be noted that Rob D'Orazio attempted to have his small
     > 30
     >> member Chapter
     >> leave
     >> POCA last month
     >> and could not even manage to convince his own club to follow him.
     >>
     >>
     >> If you indicate a fight, look for it to be epic. If you wish to
     > return
     >> to the past, the three of us will resign ( as soon as Bob reid
     >> reimburses the $7,000 I am owed by the club for the new cards,
     >>
     >> New POCA store items,and other expenses)
     >>
     >> I await the results of the survey, I apologize this has happened
     > and I
     >> hope that you will indicate in strong numbers your displeasure at
     > the
     >> actions of 10 people over the rest of us ( 857 ).
     >>
     >> Thank you,
     >>
     >> Michael Shortt
     >>
     >> STILL President
     >>
     >> POCA
     >> --
     >> Michael L. Shortt
     >> Savannah, Georgia
     >> [4][13][20]michael at michaelshortt.com
     >> 912-232-9390
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     >> 2. [15][22]http://poca.com/
     >> 3. [16][23]http://poca.com/
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     12. mailto:[46]michaelsavga at gmail.com
     13. mailto:[47]michael at michaelshortt.com
     14. mailto:[48]michaelsavga at gmail.com?
     15. [49]http://poca.com/
     16. [50]http://poca.com/
     17. mailto:[51]michael at michaelshortt.com?
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   4. mailto:mbglobalsc at aol.com
   5. mailto:gpd4 at juno.com
   6. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   7. mailto:detomaso at detomasolist.com
   8. mailto:bill at incendium.com
   9. mailto:bill at incendium.com
  10. mailto:scott at scottmeadphotography.com
  11. mailto:gpd4 at juno.com
  12. mailto:scottcouchman at yahoo.com
  13. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  14. mailto:detomaso at detomasolist.com
  15. mailto:mbglobalsc at aol.com
  16. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
  17. mailto:detomaso at detomasolist.com
  18. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
  19. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  20. mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com
  21. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  22. http://poca.com/
  23. http://poca.com/
  24. mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com
  25. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
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  27. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
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  35. mailto:bill at incendium.com
  36. mailto:bill at incendium.com
  37. mailto:scott at scottmeadphotography.com
  38. mailto:gpd4 at juno.com
  39. mailto:scottcouchman at yahoo.com
  40. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  41. mailto:detomaso at detomasolist.com
  42. mailto:mbglobalsc at aol.com
  43. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
  44. mailto:detomaso at detomasolist.com
  45. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
  46. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  47. mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com
  48. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
  49. http://poca.com/
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