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I am very pleased that Gary is going to stay on with Us!
I had a chance to call Gary, and we had a heart to heart talk. I planned to allow Gary to cool off a little, before I called him.
Guys, NO ONE loves the RCIA more than Gary Weir. This Man has worked his ass off for us, basically for free.
I made a lot of decisions here recently, and upon talking with Gary, he had some misunderstanding about my Intentions.
I could see Gary was very upset, and so i decided to let him cool off a little, so I could explain some stuff to him.
Gary is a LOT like me. When I get mad, it is best to leave me alone, until I cool off.
Now that Gary and I are on the same page, I asked him to come back, and he has accepted!
I hate to plead ignorance, on a Forum I own, but I do not micro manage this Place. My business philosophy is to have good people around me, and for them to be able to do their jobs, w/o me constantly looking over their shoulder!
Plus, I HATE Industry Politics. I am a teacher, not a politician.
Back in the old days of the Forum (under Bill and AC), there was a "push" for the RCIA to become a "non profit ORG".
MUCH went on I was unaware of, and it is best to not rehash the Drama.
Now that I have heard the tapes, and read some stuff I was previously unaware of, I totally understand why Gary did what he did.
I do not want to rehash it, like I said, but now I totally understand why Gary was so upset with some of the decisions I recently made!
Gary felt BETRAYED by me, and with good apparent Reason!
Regardless, the storm is now over, and Gary is back. IMHO, that is the only thing that is important. Let the past Drama STAY past Drama.
RCIA is going to move FOREWARD now, and not look back!
Gary who? Just kidding, very good news. I think Gary has grown on all of us, and as a welcome back gift to gary I am shipping him a free 2yr old white German sheppard! Gary you know you can't return a gift right, will be at your door tomorrow!
Being a leader in business or otherwise doesn't mean you make 'popular decisions'. Otherwise the monekys would run the zoo. A leader does what's best for their business, the organization, family etc. And at times some folks won't like it. That's just the way it is.
Gary is a leader and I for one am very glad to see he'll stick around. I think I may do the same.
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Being a leader in business or otherwise doesn't mean you make 'popular decisions'. Otherwise the monekys would run the zoo. A leader does what's best for their business, the organization, family etc. And at times some folks won't like it. That's just the way it is.
Gary is a leader and I for one am very glad to see he'll stick around. I think I may do the same.
Here's to you Gary!
Thanks for your vote of confidence Ted!
I don't wish to hijack Gary's welcome back thread, but please, be sure to post your ideas in the New Forum set up thread, ok ?
Steve from Ugly Shingles will be checking that thread for Member Requests and Input, so I can give you guys (my customers) the best Forum I possibly can.
So that's who was deleting posts at 6 am this morning! Welcome back
After the past several days, I had NO intention of coming back. As a personal favor to Chris, and some others on here, I re-considered and here I am. Thanks to all that showed concern that I was leaving.
The above post is very similiar to what started all the BS that caused me to leave. Why is it that everytime a post gets deleted, or anything else, I get blamed? For your info those posts by a "fellow hater" were deleted by Chris. He told me so. Got a problem with that? Didn't think so!!
I have and always will give my best for this place. Being gone for several days was I guess, like a alcoholic or drug user trying to give it up. Anybody relate to that? So much of my time was devoted to this forum that I was goiing crazy not being on here.
But now I'm back and if certain people can refrain from making worthless comments here and other places, maybe the RCIA can return to being a place of peace and brotherhood.
So that's who was deleting posts at 6 am this morning! Welcome back
After the past several days, I had NO intention of coming back. As a personal favor to Chris, and some others on here, I re-considered and here I am. Thanks to all that showed concern that I was leaving.
The above post is very similiar to what started all the BS that caused me to leave. Why is it that everytime a post gets deleted, or anything else, I get blamed? For your info those posts by a "fellow hater" were deleted by Chris. He told me so. Got a problem with that? Didn't think so!!
I have and always will give my best for this place. Being gone for several days was I guess, like a alcoholic or drug user trying to give it up. Anybody relate to that? So much of my time was devoted to this forum that I was goiing crazy not being on here.
But now I'm back and if certain people can refrain from making worthless comments here and other places, maybe the RCIA can return to being a place of peace and brotherhood.
Gary who? Just kidding, very good news. I think Gary has grown on all of us, and as a welcome back gift to gary I am shipping him a free 2yr old white German sheppard! Gary you know you can't return a gift right, will be at your door tomorrow!
Great. I've been looking for another dog. the one I have is totally worthless, so I will send him to you in return. He is a 6 year old pit bull that Im got from a enemy when he closed down his junkyard. This dog hates white guys, especially any that talk with an accent. He also hates kids, women, police, dog catchers, and especially New Yorkers. I will have to ship him to you in an armored truck due to him tearing up every pen he ever had. If you change your mind and don't want him, just shoot him. Word to the wise, use a shotgun. I tried last week to shoot him with a 9mm pistol and he just caught the bullet. I don't think he can catch all the shotgun pellets, but you neve know. He got sorta pissed when I tried to shoot and turned my truck over, so be careful, OK
HUH?? Where's your Christmas spirit. i'll just go ahead and send him to you, even though I was looking forward to the white sheppard. Life is so full of dis-appointments