What would you like to see change?

Brad,
I too was at Mo's early swaps when his home would not hold any more people. I was talking about the original members as the original four Mo prefaced in a previous post. I also remember his posts on RC about wanting to setup a club. It was mainly Sanjay and Mo that got the ball rolling. I would certainly not count myself as one of those original members because I was lucky enough to know Mo back then and get invited to the swap, IMO.

Thank you for your post answering what you've done...though I actually knew what you did and am mostly looking for what other candidates have done (not just in NCPARS, but in reefing in general.) To be honest, I'm more interested in your goals for the future. Where do you see NCPARS going? How are you planning on leading us there? What changes do you want to implement? What things do you figure aren't broke so you don't need to fix them? Obviously the job that you had is different from the job that Kevin will be vacating.
I think that it would be nice to know the goals of all the candidates since we've been debating changes within the organization. I know not everyone agreed on the needed changes. Therefore, it's pretty important that voters know where the candidates stand on these topics.

Btw, do you have a current list of the present officers and BOD? I couldn't find one on the NCPARS website. I know some of the people that served, but I think I'm missing a position or two.
Thanks
 
"Btw, do you have a current list of the present officers and BOD? I couldn't find one on the NCPARS website. I know some of the people that served, but I think I'm missing a position or two.
Thanks"


kevin,tim,jon,mo,sanjay,scott, bill s,mal,brad
 
if it comes to mileage the philly club is closer............. we here in the lehigh vally can drive 1 hour to philly or 2.5 hours to the ncpars swaps.............humm.............
 
Yeah after all the changes go down there definitly needs to be a list of who is what on the website so that we know who holds what position. Also another factor is that most of you guys know each other on a firly good level and often refer to each other by your real name. This is great that the club has given people an oppurtunity to create a friendship as well. However these becomes very difficult when someone refers to another reefer by their first name and others have no clue who these people are. Maybe a list of peoples real first names and RC nicks as well is in order.
 
Actually I just remembered there is a list on the site of everyones name and RC nick so that isnt as much of an issue but rather a confusion this rememberign who is who.
 
The formation of the original Board was PRIOR to the formation of the official bylaws that didn't get ratified until 3 or 4 months ago. This will be the first election that we will actually follow them to the letter. When we filed for the incorporation we only needed to use names, not positions. The positions we picked way back when this first started were:
President: Me
VP: Tim (Bytor)
Treasurer: Mal
Secretary: I believe it's officially JonK..don't quote me.
Then you have Sanjay, Mo, Scott, Brad and BillS

Those are the 9 signatures on the incorporation papers.

Brad has pretty much assumed the role of VP of PR, however we didn't have the position at the time so really Brad's job has been just as much PR Committee as the VP of PR. There are additional roles that the VP of PR will need to fulfill that nobody has done yet because the bylaws came AFTER the the original group of "BOD" was formed. Same with some of the other positions. Up until a few months ago were all pretty much just acting as one quorum to make decisions with only a small level of structure (the essentials).

I hope this makes sense. Bottom line it means that there isn't currently an official direct match between all the current BOD responsibilities and the members of the BOD. Only the ones that were important at the time of forming NCPARS were filled. And it was all voluntary. Now we need to do it officially.

--Fizz
 
hey shimmy
as far as learning peoples r/c names try adding your own name to the signature line for your posts that's how i learned who is who

hey kevin,
well put this club could go so much faster with more people helping the core.
 
However we get there, I think the idea of moving swaps around is a good one. The fall swap has been in Hegins because we have a good location there (cheap, and the right size) and because several members are pretty close. State College had several local people who could set up the swap, but is farther from the SE. We talked about Williamsport at one point before, but something fell through with it.

During the past 2 years we have intentionally kept the swaps at 2 per year because we weren't sure how many people would come if they were much more frequent (takes time to grow out the corals), because summer scheduling is hard, and because winter travel is iffy, and because it's hard to keep up a steady supply of raffle/donation items. But if we do schedule more, then there will be more opportunities to simply move around. If they are more frequent, perhaps they will become a bit more localized rather than the bigger ones that draw more widely, but we'll see. If we get back into the habit of having a full meeting at the biggest swap or two each year, then we can regularly solicit people to check their local towns for meeting sites, then it won't be hard to do more rotation.
 
Due to events in my personal life and the demands on me in my professional life, I have not been on these boards for several months. It is only tonight that I read what is going on and the many things said in many posts. There have been some good comments, but there are way too many negative ones.

It is clear to me, that most of you have absolutely no idea of the work and effort put into NCPARS by the acting board and some members. For those of you who think any board member is getting something personal from this, you are just dead wrong. I know that NCPARS has cost me greatly, as it has all of the board members who have devoted great amounts of their time and money. Everyone on the board has been very devoted to making this group, which was started by Zooqi and others, into an organization for the betterment of everyone. No board member is looking for a pat on the back, including me. However, it would be nice not to have to remove the arrows from our backs either.

This board has never done anything without informing the members. Granted it may have taken us and me too long to get some things done. However, that is how it goes with volunteers. We do not have the money to pay someone to do the work; therefore that is how it is.

Members were asked for swap locations and other decisions on RC or our site when things were needed to be done. The posts are there, just go look. I remember being at a picnic with only 10 people. I remember a TFP event with only 10 to 12 members that showed. And they were the same core bunch that helped out always. My hat is off to those of you who helped out. Thank you.

As far as the complaints about money, you can't please everyone. Some people are willing to contribute, and some want a free ride. An organization needs money in the operation to be successful. People always argue about the money. The money is in our account. No one used it for personal use or gain.
The board was very careful not to spend it foolishly. That is part of why we still have some. It is to be used for this organization designated purpose, as this organization will decide in 2006 and beyond. Therefore, don't complain. Place your votes when needed. That is the time to give your opinion.

I am glad to see all of the positive input from people. This is good, and it means that more good things will happen.

For those of you that are unhappy with me as treasurer, you can run or vote for someone to do a better job. I just hope you have a clue what needs to be done in this position. There IS work involved.

Swaps location have always been difficult. We are so spread out that there is no good place that is close to everyone. Higgins is the most central to the group, so that is why we use that location. We had PSU because we have a strong core group there. Remember, if you want to have a swap in your area, then you do the work. Don't just say have it here and sit back and let others do the work.

I just wanted to give my thoughts, since I have been absent. Most likely, I will be absent once again for another month or so. Good luck and keep the dialogue going in a positive way.
 
Yeah that is a good idea now we just have to have everyone do that in order for it to work. LOL

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6992446#post6992446 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bmkindig
hey shimmy
as far as learning peoples r/c names try adding your own name to the signature line for your posts that's how i learned who is who

hey kevin,
well put this club could go so much faster with more people helping the core.
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well....please inform me how to go about getting meeting in or near lehigh valley.....i have brought it up as othershave as well, but when i do people just get upset for me or someone else even asking instead of telling me what i, or they, can do to help organize it? PSU is just too far most of the time for me personally :( (3 hours)
 
Well, its not that difficult. One of the plans infact for this upcomming meeting was to hold it in Leesport. But due to planning delays it was decieded to merge with Reefnest's swap.

All it needs is a group of people willing to volunteer to run the swap, organize it, propose a budget and get approval. The past locations were chosen primarily because there were people at the locations willing to do the work, it was relatively cheap, and other reasons such as attracting larger number of people, etc. For example, the swap at PSU was the biggest one we have ever had. We had people comming all the way from Ohio... the PSU tank tour was an added attraction. The cost of the rooms was free. This swap we are being asked to spend $500 for the room.. $500 that could be better spent in my opinion.

I personally see no one on the BOD having problems holding a swap anywhere in the state, as long as it is successful swap and meeting. The key to a successful swap is being able to attract large numbers of people from a large region. Take a look at the ALL Ohio swap in Cleveland as an example.

People need to step up and be active and contribute.

sanjay.
 
welll, then for lack of knowing exactly what i can do...i would like to offer myself and my time to try an organize a event on the east side of PA.....reading, lehigh valley, poconos.

i guess i could start a thred asking who would be able to attend an event in one of these locations and who would be willing to help me organize it.
Would this be o.k.?
 
As far as I am concerned this is perfectly fine and if anyone on the board disagrees with me here, then they can voice thier opinion.

The only comlplication I see is that there may be a new board soon (without me on it). I would personally wait till the next meeting before starting to organize something, just in case your efforts are in vain. Although, it may be nice for you to gauge interest and assess the level of support you would get and need to organize a large swap event.

I'll support it.


sanjay.
 
I'd support it too. Hopefully at the NCPARS meetings (either at swaps, or online) the BOD will issue a "call for locations" or something like that, find out where and how many people there are who want to organize a swap, and then work out a rotation among different volunteered locations over a year or so.
 
Great progress guys and gals. This is getting productive! This seems to be what we needed, just my opinion, but I hope this will continue into the future for all NCPARS communication, productive conversation, ideas, questions, and anything else of importance. I love most of the ideas suggested so far. I can see that most of us agree on certain issues at hand. Thanks for all the input and keep it up.

Thanks,

Rick
 
It is nice to see the good dialog on here. As for meeting/swap locations, the intent and discussions from the BOD (since the initial discussions I have heard prior to formation of the club) was to move the swaps to different locations. Not only does it provide for more exposure and better stock for swapping; it allows more members to step up and take control. It also spreads out the work load from the few who have done most of the work in the past. Matt, I applaud your willingness to lead a swap and I hope the new BOD should back you in doing this

Bill
 
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