[SEL] Nat Rally

[Leroy C.]

Adam Cottrill wrote:

>However I will ask the question and see (if it isnt included in the press release) if the organisers will disclose more actuals or at least give me access and permission of them so I can ask them on here for you guys to view.
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>I hope Arnie you believe this is pushing the ball enough to get the response you suggested, if not please suggest another angle you feel is required which I can take.
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>Kind regards,
>              Adam
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    Adam, not being a mud slinger here, BUT her is your next 
angle......   how many of your top brass accept pay for their positions? 
How many of them also pad themselves with the printing costs, own the 
printers, or how many of them really ever exhibit?? Ohhh  now maybe I 
see some light here, these fine national folks would rather govern the 
masses and not worry about the rules them selves? See "IF" the national 
is as big as you are stating then it looks like they could control the 
rules (hmmmm  I have read this already) and if the fence issue was to be 
challenged by them it might go away, again who owns the rental fences 
and also sells fences????????? This press release, is it written by a 
lawyer, or who gets paid for the writing of it? Also is it true a new 
one is needed each time you hold a  nat. rally ( hmmm  every two years 
different clubs).  And how many of these directors, sounding like 
dictators....,  decide the gates and just where the fund go from them? 
    See here in Ahio you have to join to be a member to exhibit, not my 
rule! but I do join all the shows with which I exhibit, the cost runs me 
around 5.00-10.00 dollars each, again this is all directly going to the 
CLUB.... now if you tell me that my membership to your national is good 
at each and every show you do then this will be a wash. Oh I also think 
that each club should have the chance to have a member on the national 
staff too?  And as far a camping I pay for this privilege also. again 
5.00- 15-00 per event. Did I mention that this includes electric hook-up 
and a dump station for my ole camper and lest me to forget a hot shower 
any time of day or night,  I missed it, your national has these same 
advantages? CORRECT????????   after all in today's world even the most 
out dated events have semis with showers in them for a small fee..  And 
the cost of electric is near nothing once it is installed.....  And 
food!!!!!!!!!!!  At 4 feet 10 inches wide you could say I LOVE TO EAT!  
see it has become part of my daily habit, but when I do attend shows it 
is my choosing where and what to eat. After all some shows will feed me 
"FREE" fresh roasting corn and also fresh melon, again free... And other 
shows will allow only civic organizations to sell food on there grounds, 
yeas they purchase the rights to be on the grounds but what a way to 
build your organizations funds. still others will offer you everything 
you can imagine to eat again at very little cost.. I even know of one 
show that has in the past held beer tasting events with the only cost 
being  beers of your liking. Yes your plaques are very very nice and 
something to admire. ours are plate brass with stencil on them... But 
let me see,,,,,,  if I had to purchase them then it would be a no 
brainer to pass them up. After all this is still a
HOBBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Have you and the other members of your national 
forgot this? Seems to me that it might be time for you, the national, to 
do some gut checking. See I can still run my engins at home and enjoy 
them, I can invite select friends over and also enjoy them, I can 
probably even talk my friends into allowing me to start there engins and 
enjoy the sounds of them also. The reason to go to the shows are for 
John Q. Public...  Yes I enjoy the shows and yes I enjoy the fellowship 
which occurs at these events also...  BUT trust me when I tell you I CAN 
DO THIS AT HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hmmmmmmmmmm now if it is the idea of 
this national to help cripple the hobby and make lots of money for there 
own use then maybe, yes MAYBE, you are heading in the right 
direction...  Here in the states, many of the old car collectors started 
some of the same things I see you doing and now "they" are a select 
group with their noses in the air, ask them a question and see if you 
get an honest answer, again many of the recent reading on this list have 
this taste to them, All posts not one person. 
    Adam, one last question, do you, personal or your national, have 
signs for your engins that say "PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH" ?  ohhh I almost 
forgot about the fencey thing!
PS I have some 6 feet privacy for sale cheap and will it will allow you 
bathroom use for your next camp outing.  Have a nice day

-- 
		C-ya

		  Leroy Clark

"We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give."
            W.A. NANCE


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