1) My friend Walt Gonski posted an opinion on the Chipboard regarding selection to the Hall of Fame of our Organization. In essence he said that politics determined who was selected for being drafted into the Hall of Fame. In my opinion, no truer words were ever spoken. It appears the criteria for selection is vague and allows individuals who really did nothing unique but their job as a volunteer or Club Officer to be selected as a Hall of Fame recipient. Something is seriously wrong!!! The Hall of Fame selection should be based upon lasting Club contributions. Books written, articles written, contributions of initiation like Jim Munding establishing a chip show before there really was an organization. Items of significance that will be remembered long after the person is gone. If you read some of the contributions of current Hall of Fame inductees you will have to stop yourself from laughing because the contributions read like a job description. How they were selected was indeed politics. Will it ever change, I doubt it. The politics of our organization are so strong that constructive change will NEVER HAPPEN in any area of our club.

Jim,

Why don't you name names and give reasons for or against all of the current members of the HOF?

I mean if you know so much but can't prove it, maybe writing it out will help you. Maybe you can write better descriptions for each of us? Name names, who was a political induction, who worked their asses off in one form or another for the organization.

Start with mine. Go ahead, rate each of us.

I dare you.

Without PROOF, your knowledge isn't worth much more than anyone else's opinion. And like arseholes everyone has one.

Belinda