[DeTomaso] Old Website and Old Email Forum

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Dear Scott:   Well said, sir.   Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles





On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Scott Couchman via DeTomaso wrote:

> If there is ZERO tolerance "to those trying to be rude", I suggest you 
> take a hard look at yourself. I've listened to the last two BOD calls, 
> and I'm my opinion, you're rude to your own BOD members. I also find 
> it offensive to suggest members that don't agree with you should not 
> renew their membership because you've got "new members coming in 
> monthly". That's not what I call leadership! Your "plethora of IT 
> experts" comment and non "POCA dues paying members in your own name" 
> both seemed to me were clearly intended to be rude!
> Your ZERO tolerance only seems to apply to others. I'm working hard to 
> grow my local chapter and to contribute to POCA. I like that you're 
> offering new ideas, but the attitude I read in email and this forum 
> post isn't helping.
>
>
>> On Mar 16, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>   Greetings,
>>   As some of you have experienced, we tested the new website today.
>>   while much of it worked great ( the public accessible sections) , 
>> some,
>>   if not most of the backend features did not work
>>   as planned.
>>   The only way to tell was to do it and see what happened, now we 
>> know.
>>   The right people are now involved and working to correct the 
>> issues.
>>   There will be hard changes, the old forum archives will be 
>> available
>>   only by a link to the old records.
>>   the new forum is not done the same and the old information can not 
>> be
>>   moved over.
>>   The capabilities of the new forum will make it worth the change, if 
>> for
>>   no other reason than
>>   security which was once again violated this month and had shut down 
>> 1/3
>>   - 1/2 of the list.
>>   I have spent two months asking for volunteers to help with the
>>   transition, nobody stepped up,
>>   now suddenly we seem to have a plethora of IT experts, where have 
>> you
>>   been?
>>   We still need help to learn the new system and I'd love to involve 
>> more
>>   people
>>   and assign them specific pages within the site to manage, this 
>> would
>>   certainly be a better way
>>   of doing it and reduce the work load on just a couple of people to 
>> do
>>   everything.
>>   To those who have complained, thanks for helping us find areas than
>>   needed help.
>>   If you complained and are not a POCA dues paying members in your 
>> own
>>   name, A thanks
>>   to you as well, it's always great to know who you are.
>>   Lots of people are working hard as volunteers on your behalf, ZERO
>>   tolerance will be givenA
>>   to those trying to be rude and counterproductive to the success of 
>> this
>>   club, we simply do not need you.
>>   Far too many A BOD members and others have sweated, toiled, and 
>> worked
>>   hard for years.
>>   POCA has existed for over 35 years always put up with nastiness, 
>> Some
>>   leaders and workers have justA
>>   shut down and just not communicated with the membership at all 
>> because
>>   frankly, doing nothing is a lot calmer. A
>>   Let me cheerfully inform everyone that our attitude is to put the 
>> club
>>   first,
>>   to be customer service freindly and to make the POCA experience 
>> great
>>   for everybody,
>>   Rome wasn't built in a day, I doubt any Pantera was completed in a 
>> day
>>   and I know these improvements will come
>>   more slowly than we want.A  I also know that once they are 
>> released,
>>   massaged and worked on, it will be a far better
>>   website experience.
>>   If that isn't good enough for some of you, renewal is always a 
>> choice.
>>   We have new members coming in monthly who seem
>>   to have a good attitude and who want to see us progress into a 
>> brighter
>>   future.
>>   Michael Shortt
>>   --
>>   Michael L. Shortt
>>   Savannah, Georgia
>>   [1]www.michaelshortt.com
>>   [2]michael at michaelshortt.com
>>   912-232-9390
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>>
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