This letter is to all RCIA Members,

Recently I have been dealing with some personal and business matters and have not been around as much as I would have liked lately but its peak season and I am not going to sit and wait for the work to come to me.

In this economy, if you aren't getting after it someone else is going to come in and undercut you and win the job. I don't know about you all but I need to work all I can.

In my opinion, if the phones aren't ringing like you want them to, its time to start beating the bushes again, know what I mean?

And I don't know about you all but for me, in my small community and in my small business, this economy has not been playing favorites, its effecting EVERYONE and with cutbacks and paycuts and forclosures everywhere you turn, this has economic climate has got to be hurting more than just me in my neck of the woods. I sincerely hope you are doing more business in your local area and if so, god's speed and congratulations.

Well enough said in that department...moving on....

I want to say that I really hope that this board, its info, and its terrific membership has helped to support you and guide you to a profitable year in the roof cleaning business and welcome to all the new members and hello again to all the members I know but haven't been so personally active with recently. I haven't forgot about you all, I have just had my hands very full lately.

Recently, we had to temporarily ban a member, our very first ban. I really did not like to do this and it was done with much thought and reservation but after having one of our volunteer moderators call me and tell me what what was occurring in a recent thread I personally read the posts and decided to take action as this was not the first time this has occurred with this very vocal member.

If after thirty days you all want hime to resume his posting activities and he agrees to abide by the board rules we will continue and reactivate his membership.

That is all I have to say about that matter at this time.

Now, I would like to call your attention to a more pressing matter. Here is my recent thoughts on the board and its future.

It seems to me as of late, the we have said most everything we can say about roof cleaning and cleaning agents and rigs and hose diameter, and that may be why "the natives are restless".

We can only speak about the same thing over and over in just so many different ways without being utterly redundant.

So what's next? I have a lot of ideas and plans for the board and the industry but do you want to hear from me?

I have been quiet now for a little while hoping to see where you all would like to take the discussions on the board, as a group member community.

But we are just a forum. My questions are?

Where do you want this board to go?

What detailed opinions can you bring to light to help us get there?

Do you all want to participate in taking this to the next level as an legitamite association?

Do you care? How much do you care about this as a way of life? Does this forum even really matter? We have huge membership but less than 100 active posters?

Are you just a weekend warrior with no more thought to this other than this is a good way to make some summertime money? Thats cool if that is all it is too you but let us all know where your heart is?

Some of us, like myself LOVE this business and are passionate enough to dream about it. Yes, I said dream and daydream and plan between jobs what we can do better and where have meade mistakes we ask, " How can I improve or make my businees even better"?

Speak your mind, everyone.  I urge you to consider the future of this forum.

I challenge you to take a blank legal pad and write down as many earthshaking, atom shattering, roof cleaning, business building, marketing strategizing,  head scratching, RCIA directions and coordinates so that we can juice this forum up.

Lets take it to the next level!  What about it guys? Did I get anyone's blood pumping even a little?

If your as passionate about this concept as I am, its time to get fired up and get on board as things may be ready to REALLY get fun again. 

Fall and winter are coming, do you know how to properluy winterize you rig? I do and I may just tell you, if you PM me, lol.

What can you share here, on this board to make us all better at what we do, huh?

I encourage all the board veterans to start to put our heads together.

Again, I have a huge amount of ideas and plans but I am only here for you, as a volunteer on this board.

I will reserve my written plans, once I have seen an interest and some enthusiasm in this thread, plus I really like hearing what all you members have to say. Some of you come up with soem very, very COOL stuff.

In fact all of us that help to make this board run smoothly don't and haven't got paid a red cent from this board for our time. We do it because it is one of our passions as well as work.

I bring this up because many have taken freely of the detailed info that took many of us that share it, years to learn, and some seem to so easily and readily read it print it, digeast it and us all that knowledge then without so much as a sincere thank you, many discount what some of us worked so hard to figure out and to build from nothing so they could obtain it for practically nothing and utlize it to make a living.

We should do well to tread lightly with others ideals and passions that some have worked so hard for to just share for the betterment of all in this industry, mostly for volunteer wages.

Enough of that, pardon me. Anyway....

Again, I ask all who dare to take the "yellow pad" challenge. Think, remember all the little timesavers you came up with while you were cleaning roofs this summer and paost this info for all to share and benefit from and while your at it, please brainstorm about where you want to see the RCIA eveolve into in the next 6,12,18, 24, 36 months and beyond?

I and I am sure many here will really appreciate your insights and wisdom and ideas so please post them ALL on this thread and keep it topic specific?

Thanks for reading my rant and have a profitable day.

Your Roof Cleaning Brother,

David-RCIA assistant admin./Roof Clean USA-Operations Manager 

Ps. I sincerely, really would like to hear from our membership? That would be you, so speak up and step up to the plate and take a swing at my challenge and see what YOU can come up with?

I appreciate you all and hope you have a profitable day.

-- Edited by Roof Clean USA Georgia 229-227-0000 on Friday 21st of August 2009 02:55:10 AM