Let me state a few facts:
The new club magazine is GREAT.
Every issue that John and Allan have published are outstanding publications.
Publishing a magazine of this quality takes a tremendous effort.
Volunteers willing to donate their valuable time to the club are hard to find.
John Yee and C.T. Rodgers, our advertising manager, have been confronted, criticized and threatened because the logo appeared on an ad.
The logo appears in two other ads in the current magazine.
It is very easy to post on a BB or send an email to criticize those who volunteer.
Notices in the past two magazines asking for more volunteers have produced few.
Those who continue to criticize in a confrontational manner and not offer to help in a constructive way, are as much a threat to this club as slabbing.

Those are facts.

The guidelines for the use of our logo need to be reviewed. I have already pledged that the incoming Board will discuss these guidelines at our initial Board meeting. As a growing organization, it was not possible to anticipate all the possibilities when the guidelines were established. They will be updated.

Many club members use the logo on advertising. It appears on many member's web sites and on Ebay. Some of these web sites are businesses, not personal web sites. No one has ever accused the club of endorsing any of these members, their businesses or their products.

It is difficult to retain volunteers and to recruit new members to help when so much criticism and anger is directed at them. I understand the emotion surrounding the slabbing issue but I can not understand how anyone can be critical of those who volunteer for our great organization.

I ask those who are pleased with the magazine to contact John, Allan and CT or post on the BB and let them know how much we all appreciate their efforts.

Nate