Re: [Killietalk] Peter Tirbak - AKA JAKA/CD Project and Financial Status

["yohoho" <yohoho at insightbb_com>]

Peter - Well Said, VERY well said.
A number of us have expressed concern over the lack of a PUBLIC financial 
accounting, and if you will see to it that it is forthcoming - Thanks, and I 
agree with you fully about the request for consideration in the ramblings on 
KilliTalk, both for the Board Members, and any and all who take the time to 
state their opinion.

Frank Carriglitto
AKA#08234, ChiKA, WAKO
* Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

----- Original Message ----- > ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:17:01 -1000
> From: Peter Tirbak <pengwin at worldnet_att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] AKA  JAKA/CD Project and Financial Status
> To: Untitled <killietalk at aka_org>
>
> It's sad when members think they are ignored simply because they don't get
> instant responses from the BOT on Killietalk. Rest assured, we hear you 
> and
> intend to make the JAKA/CD item a priority item of discussion in our next
> round of business. As an organization, we do not conduct business through
> Killietalk. We follow a certain procedure as explained in our By-Laws and
> our BOT Policy Manual. I'm certain that anyone who has a question or 
> concern
> and addresses it to me or a Board member will receive a response. I have
> also asked the various persons involved with the JAKA/CD project for more
> current information on having it professionally done as well as utilizing
> volunteers to do it. I sincerely thank the many volunteers who have
> expressed an interest on Killietalk to help in this project. It's nice to
> see members who want to help. That is what makes an organization vital and
> successful.
>
> Certainly the members have a right to know our financial position. The
> Treasurer gives this accounting at the BOT meetings at the Convention, and
> it should be published for the membership on an annual basis in the BNL. 
> If
> it was not done, it was an oversight and I will ask our Treasurer to give
> the information to our BNL Compiler for inclusion in the BNL. We keep no
> secrets. Our operation should be transparent to the membership.
>
> I also take exception in the way some of the members criticize and accuse
> the Board. I fully realize we have the freedom to express ourselves in
> Killietalk, but let's be considerate and not insult or falsely accuse the
> members of the BOT and other positions who put a lot of their time and
> effort in trying to run this organization for the service and benefit of
> its' membership. Unfortunately, we have to take the entire membership and
> the good of the organization into consideration, and will not be able to
> satisfy everyone with all their wants. Individually, many of our members 
> may
> have different needs and priorities. Our responsibility is to do what is
> best for the organization as a whole and also to be fiscally responsible 
> to
> the membership. We have enough poor taste around us in many of our 
> political
> and social dealings. We do not need it in the AKA and should not use
> Killietalk to vent our personal emotional feelings and insult others. We
> need to know what you want, but let's do it in a proper way. Sincerely,
>
> Peter Tirbak
>
> ****************************************** 

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