mikemartinez
New member
MTRC members,
Items available:
6 Large Suction cups
3 different sizes of drill bits for drilling tanks which will all be given when checked out.
1 Par Meter (currently broken)
1 Power Meter
Send me a PM or Email (No need to open new threads) along with what you would like to check out.
I will put you on a list for that item and when your turn comes up I will Email and PM you to let you know it's ready for pick up.
If at the time you are not ready to use that item I can move you down a spot and let the next person available go but keep in mind that the item might not be immediately available to use if you do that and that you will have to wait until the item is returned to check it out.
All items can be checked out for a maximum of 1 week. Of course if you are done using the item before the 1 week it would be greatly appreciated if you could return it sooner and let the next person use it.
For example if I give you the Suction Cups on Monday I will need to get them back by the next Monday or Tuesday at the very latest. It is your responsibility to get what you check out back to me on time.
You have to come and pick up the item and drop it off to me, I will try to meet you out somewhere, since I work in Smyrna and live by the Opryland Hotel I think I cover a decent amount of area to where I can meet up with just about everyone.
I know I already said this but let me reiterate "It is YOUR responsibility to get what you checked out back to me on time". I will not chase you down to try and get anything back or drive 1 hour to your house to get it.
If you check something out and I have major problems getting that item back from you or you give it back to me damaged and dont tell me about it then you will no longer be allowed to check anything out, at least not till the next BOD is elected and they can decide how to handle it from that point on.
You cannot hand that item off to the next person in line even if he/she is your neighbor, that item has to come straight back to me.
In the past there has been way too much of "Well I gave it to so and so and they said they gave it to so and so" and things end up getting lost/stolen (Like the fish trap).
From now on I will know exactly who has it and for how long. Once you have passed that 1 week period I will contact you to get the item back and if I dont hear anything back from you after a couple of days I will make a thread about it to let everyone know who is causing the hold up. Basically I will put you on front street.
I know all of this might come off as harsh and please believe it's my full intention for it to be that way.
The use of club equipment has always been an issue since I have been a member and now that I can actually do something about it I will even if I come off as a jerk.
The good thing is that I know the majority of you will appreciate me doing this more than the ones that are going to complain because I have heard the disgust and anger in people voices when club equipment has been mentioned before at meetings.
The problems with the current club equipment also makes it hard for the Board to want to buy more/better/more expensive stuff for us to use because there is that fear that it will get lost or stolen.
If for some reason you dont like/agree with these rules then dont check anything out... period. I'm sorry but I'm not good at sugar coating anything.
I am open to and will gladly accept ideas on how to improve this process because afterall this is for us to use. Straight up complaints will be ignored as they should be.
Thanks
I think it goes without saying that you have to be a member of MTRC to participate in this but I just want to clear that up right now... I posted this here as well because I know that most of you dont go to the MTRC webiste much or at all (hopefully this will change soon).
Items available:
6 Large Suction cups
3 different sizes of drill bits for drilling tanks which will all be given when checked out.
1 Par Meter (currently broken)
1 Power Meter
Send me a PM or Email (No need to open new threads) along with what you would like to check out.
I will put you on a list for that item and when your turn comes up I will Email and PM you to let you know it's ready for pick up.
If at the time you are not ready to use that item I can move you down a spot and let the next person available go but keep in mind that the item might not be immediately available to use if you do that and that you will have to wait until the item is returned to check it out.
All items can be checked out for a maximum of 1 week. Of course if you are done using the item before the 1 week it would be greatly appreciated if you could return it sooner and let the next person use it.
For example if I give you the Suction Cups on Monday I will need to get them back by the next Monday or Tuesday at the very latest. It is your responsibility to get what you check out back to me on time.
You have to come and pick up the item and drop it off to me, I will try to meet you out somewhere, since I work in Smyrna and live by the Opryland Hotel I think I cover a decent amount of area to where I can meet up with just about everyone.
I know I already said this but let me reiterate "It is YOUR responsibility to get what you checked out back to me on time". I will not chase you down to try and get anything back or drive 1 hour to your house to get it.
If you check something out and I have major problems getting that item back from you or you give it back to me damaged and dont tell me about it then you will no longer be allowed to check anything out, at least not till the next BOD is elected and they can decide how to handle it from that point on.
You cannot hand that item off to the next person in line even if he/she is your neighbor, that item has to come straight back to me.
In the past there has been way too much of "Well I gave it to so and so and they said they gave it to so and so" and things end up getting lost/stolen (Like the fish trap).
From now on I will know exactly who has it and for how long. Once you have passed that 1 week period I will contact you to get the item back and if I dont hear anything back from you after a couple of days I will make a thread about it to let everyone know who is causing the hold up. Basically I will put you on front street.
I know all of this might come off as harsh and please believe it's my full intention for it to be that way.
The use of club equipment has always been an issue since I have been a member and now that I can actually do something about it I will even if I come off as a jerk.
The good thing is that I know the majority of you will appreciate me doing this more than the ones that are going to complain because I have heard the disgust and anger in people voices when club equipment has been mentioned before at meetings.
The problems with the current club equipment also makes it hard for the Board to want to buy more/better/more expensive stuff for us to use because there is that fear that it will get lost or stolen.
If for some reason you dont like/agree with these rules then dont check anything out... period. I'm sorry but I'm not good at sugar coating anything.
I am open to and will gladly accept ideas on how to improve this process because afterall this is for us to use. Straight up complaints will be ignored as they should be.
Thanks
I think it goes without saying that you have to be a member of MTRC to participate in this but I just want to clear that up right now... I posted this here as well because I know that most of you dont go to the MTRC webiste much or at all (hopefully this will change soon).
