Re: [Killietalk] people

[Capt Morgan <mort_ssbn630 at yahoo_com>]

   1st off it may be better not to try and "decipher" or interpret what I say, it usually
  works better, as in this case. And having no reason to associate anyone to good
  or bad, if I wanted to do that, it'd be pretty clear. Saying "not in any particular
  context", I thought would abdicate that.
     There is NO complex derivative, just plainly stated, that at times those words
  have been uttered and more times than not, to keep the objective or focus on
  the fish themselves. 
      Has anyone even heard of a program with visual aids, depicting nothing but 
  the social and entertainment value of any Killie function or organization, no, 
  because it's felt the hospitality room and "roaming" suffices. Imagine new
  members seeing a bunch of "crazies" at different venues having a GREAT time,
  maybe even caught precariously "in the moment" ? Might not do anything for
  a science major, but last time I checked, they don't make up 90% of the hobby.
      Point being, over the last 10 years, everything seems to stem from "revenues".
  We create something new, everybody must pay, irregradless. Software
  compaines sometimes "give" updates to their already paid customers. There's
  more to this, but this is going to be long enough. I've know members, long time
  members who don't even hear a whimper when they don't renew, that definitely
  sends a message to me.
      I firmly believe if this doesn't change, the AKA will continue to decline. Either
  members will get out altogther, or form ranks with affiliates which is and has
  been happening.
      There was a time the BNL / F&E cornered the market to the memberships,
  well those days are gone. Now it's publications and "some" information, well
  the Internet will take care of that too. What some fail to see, its NOT just the
  $26 the members give, they give HOURS & dollars to continue to add to the
  hobby, shows etc. So when someone talks of ways to "give back" to its
  members, think about that for awhile. There are ALOT of ways to do this,
  but there has to be an attitude to do it first, and we're not talking breaking the
  bank either.
     So without dragging this out, Greg's statement especially had some good
  ideas. I could see new member name tags having a bright red background
  where you could easily identify them and take 10 minutes to chat and make
  them feel comfortable.
     To bad I missed ya at Tampa, but then again, I saw alot of new faces. If you
  were at the open BOT mtg., then maybe I saw ya.
  Lay'Ta,
   
  Captain Morgan
  ( For Fun )
   
  

Mike Jacobs wrote:
  . . . ever since I hit 60 years old I have noticed my memory going into
reverse. This also goes for being able to interpret just what people mean
on the internet chat boards and/or e-mails. Somehow my name has been
associated with something not good, in my opinion, and I was miss-quoted, I
think! I will not try to interpret what was said but there was a statement
made using my name and after reading it 5-6 times I still can't feel
comfortable with an interpretation for the paragraph.

The original quote from me on the SKS web site
(http://www.aka.org/sks/2006%20Convention/AKA2006Convention.html ) preceding
the 2006 CONVENTION PICTURES was: 

"From all of the SKS members to the entire AKA 
. . . it was good to see all of you folks again! I know it's about the fish 
. . . but it's always good to see you guys again!" 

. . . I wrote that to introduce the photos of the Convention to everyone and
the first group of photos was the PEOPLE not the FISH, that was a choice by
me, to tell everyone that I personally missed the people and the fish were
just an excuse to gather. To those of you who know me know that this whole
convention "thing" is about the people and not the "fish" so if Don is
trying to associate me with the reverse this is a quote taken out of context
and out of meaning.

Don says . . . "Mike Jacobs used the words "I know it's about the fish", and
so have others, and not in any particular context. But obviously Curt, myself and others aren't buying into it."

I would like to be taken OUT of this conversation. I really wish I could
understand the context of Don's message but my mental abilities are
definitely diminished by 4-5 continuous days with no sleep! If I am wrong,
and that is a possibility, then my apologies x 100 ahead of time and just
ignore me . . . most people do anyway!

Mike

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