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Originally Posted by JesseK
... but to 'wage war' against FIRST is to undermine the entire reason you volunteered in the first place ... right? So what you don't see eye to eye with the organization in everything it does.
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Not against FIRST. Against the corrupt Michigan FIRST group. It's like the difference between Al Qaida and Al Qaida in Iraq. Same name, same goals, different organization.
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Originally Posted by JaneYoung
You are also including others in your attack that have, for their own reasons, decided not to follow this path of making a public announcement and declaration of 'WAR!!!' I hope that you have checked with them and received their permission to be included in this posting.
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Clearly you didn't read through my letter. I explain in it that I find their humility and respect admirable for not speaking up, but I am not that humble.
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Originally Posted by EricH
Ordinarily, the volunteer coordinator is the one you'd go through. If that doesn't work, the Regional Director. With this being MI, you'd go to the MI state board. After the RD or state board, you'd go to whoever the appropriate person is at FRC HQ; namely, whoever is keeping an eye on the state board. From other communications, I get the distinct impression that this would be the FIRST Board of Directors or the FRC Director.
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MI VC is gutless, MI has no regional director anymore, just the Board which refuses to talk with me, Michigan has no oversight from HQ AFAIK. So I went to the top. Thank you for your comment on my tone. I aimed to keep emotion out of what is already a tangled, messy situation.
As for the title, I should've scaled back on the rhetoric and went with "This is UNACCEPTABLE!" instead. But it did catch some attention, and the only bad press is no press at all.
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I have no independent knowledge of the situation. Without more information, I cannot have an informed attitude towards Dan's position. But I don't think the Chief Delphi forums should be a battleground, and beyond that statement I will not discuss my thoughts on this topic publicly.
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Thank you for not having an opinion on this matter. Graciously.
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If it is posted here after three months than Dan has thought it through and stands by it.
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Actually, I wrote it in March, sent it in August, and continue to stand by practically every word in it. Both rtfgnow and Formerly Famous are partially correct on my motives.
Everyone else, if CD isn't the appropriate place for FIRST related discussions that affect a large percentage of us, then where is? Frankly, what I'm asking CD is - what the heck is a person in our situation to do? If anyone has any better ideas on what I should have done (other than going to hell), I'd love to hear them.