That’s the rub, the GFM well may have been intended as satire, but it came across as a whine. Something along the lines of, "that mean ol' judge rejected my disability claim so buy me a K3 with accessories." Excuuuuuuse me? I mean, if Bill legitimately needs a stable rig, even I have a spare IC-7000. It's no K3, but it's better than a 718. But, the message appeared to be an expectation of charity because of disability. I'm disabled, and I managed to get my degree and then worked.
Rick, ya know, I've been mulling over the call for BVARC officer candidates, and I keep returning to the same thought. Even down at the level of a ham club, it's all about the politics. Who knows whom, and so forth. I could technically be an officer, certainly, but could I actually accomplish anything? I keep hearing vague rumblings about how staid BVARC is, and just today I was told that you're part of the problem. I don’t know who's right, but I am smart enough to realize every story has multiple sides. In any case, it's all this strife and consternation around anything that matters that keeps people from getting involved. It's a major reason why I stay away from so many meetings. Who needs extra aggravation? I freely acknowledge Ron Story pretty much soured me on BVARC a few years ago by disinviting me to Field Day because of my disability. I'm sure he had good intentions, but he was out of line and needed correcting. That’s the most embittering point, nobody spoke up so it's really difficult to care about BVARC. -----Original Message----- From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Hiller via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 18:31 To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Rick Hiller <[email protected]>; Yahoo <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BVARC] My GoFundMe Page Ya know, I didn’t mind the GFM submission, I just thought the level of the request was quite ludicrous. Why not start a tad smaller. The issue was a drifting hf rig. A 718 Icom is pretty darn stable and will drive an amp just fine. It wud be under warranty too. I might have even donated empathetically to that cause. W5RH > On Nov 7, 2017, at 6:11 PM, Yahoo via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought it was funny too. Everyone has problems and can use money, go fund > yourself is probably the best tool. > > Bill > > Sent > > >> On Nov 7, 2017, at 2:20 PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I thought the go fund me page was really funny.... >> >> I don't know why it upset so many folks..?? >> >> Eddie (NU5K) >> >> I guess if we see it on the internet it has to be true... :) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to [email protected] _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to [email protected]
