Greetings,
Well, I'm no equestrian myself, so the cavalry is out.
Definitely not burly enough to be hauling cannon around.
Would prefer not to be among the
cannon fodder.
If in the infantry I would hope for an assignment to the Legere's, a
Voltigeur .
But, I would prefer to apply for a position at the Bureau Topographique.
And displaying my apptitude for organization, and map skills, seek an assignment to a staff post, say Corps headquarters.
Such is the dream this
holiday.
This was to be a club where one played games, reenacted the Napoleonic Epoch, created friendships. I have continually volunteered my time to develop these things. With that in mind I decided to run for a cabinet position to engage and devote further time to the club, but since being elected a short time ago have been continually bombarded by people casting nothing but negative vibes – questioning the integrity of the elections / questioning my character / inflammatory posts . I guess when you have nothing better to do with your time ..........
Pierre’ s recent post was certainly the icing on the cake - Pierre, I'm going to take a phrase out of your book - “I like to be Blunt and Direct" - Now my parents taught me that there is actually another name for that trait – but I am game – we will use your phrase – lets be DIRECT.
I guess you have to do what you have to do. When you were unable to achieve what you want by the Ballot box - a very familiar pattern to follow this year - you and your minions have embarked on a harassment campaign. Perhaps members of the club would like to see the emails you sent during the election campaign threating the people that were running against you and JB. (opps sorry not threating – you just meant to be DIRECT)
Now to your post - on that point I think if you are going to post something , – you need to get the facts straight – or perhaps you like to manipulate them so much it is really hard to get them straight ( Sorry – you are just putting the facts in a DIRECT manner ) ( I have to get the hang of this DIRECT method of speaking)
“Pierre’s Post
I have one complaint at this time with the decisions making of the Cabinet which is Todd and Roy. [ we must humbly apologize if we made a decision YOU did not agree with ) ( JUST BEING DIRECT – as I KNOW YOU LIKE IT LIKE THAT)
John Corbin who resigned from the Club want to rejoin. He sent me an email. I said I will check with Todd. Todd said he will not let him back in and that a future Cabinet will decide. I subsequently saw a join form from John. Yes I also handle the join forms for the club, [Another fabrication of the facts , [ ok in the spirit of being direct – A LIE ] . – Todd reminded you of J Corbin's involvement in the Marco Bijl email group, the Cabinet's definite findings thereof are to be read in the relevant post currently in the Rhine Tavern - Todd further elaborated that the cabinet was only two and that John Corbin’s application would be held in abeyance until there was a full cabinet. That decision was made by Todd and I to avoid the very reason you raise – Being perceived as a “Rulers Cabinet” . But I guess as we did not cow to your demands ( opps there I go again – I am sorry – your DIRECT communication- you claim foul and we don’t know what the hell we are talking about – what is the real reason Pierre – afraid the three new cabinet members may also decide that the conduct was inappropriate - No you want to spin the lies to enflame people who do not know the facts and are apparently easily taken for a ride
Wait a minute he resigned he was not dismissed by the Cabinet the Cabinet did not kick him out. There appears to be no rule that requires the Cabinet to screen membership requests. That Todd is refusing him back is contrary to the rules of the club. [ As is pointed out above – Todd never refused outright – you just did not like the solution – so better to bend the truth a bit , ( damn I keep forgetting – it is not lying it is just being DIRECT )
Again we are in situation where the Rulers/Cabinet are making personal decisions beyond their mandate. There is that DIRECT form of communication again- I am starting to get the hang of it now To follow your logic train down the narrow gauge, any person who has been removed from the club by Cabinet decision can be allowed back in - which is most definitely not the case. J Corbin resigned from the club before the revelation of the plan to remove the elected President from his office, or to cause danger to the club - but the Cabinet absolutely considered him a member of this group as he was named within the presented evidence along with several others.
I sent them a 2nd email saying he should be allowed in. That it was not their decision. I mentioned that there would be pressure, generally speaking, on them and that it would not be good. DEAD HORSE – I think everyone gets the point now – - your version is Todd and I are two dishonorable people who don’t care about the club - Todd- do you recall the votes – was it like 65% for you 35% for Pierre - Todd – how did you ever manage to fool so many people Twice even...
They took this as that I was giving them an order and was threatening them.
What kind of response is that. I was also threatened that they would tell the membership and post what I was doing. Saying that I was ordering and threatening them. I tend to be blunt Here is what we consider a threat coming from the ultimate authority here in the club with the power to do whatever he wishes:
"A wishy washy President will not do at this time. If you continue on this path I can’t see you lasting more than a month based on the pressure you will be under. You have seen the mild pressure so far."
With the overwhelming number of club members posting and working together in a positive manner, one must certainly wonder what kind of pressure could possibly be looming in the future...
So telling them that they are making a mistake is grounds for them to start proceeding against me by posting and threatening me.
Then they accused me of not helping with the Hidden member issue. An email was sent to me today at 10:35. What I am supposed to do drop everything and do what they ask. They allude in a post that I am not helping in one of their forum post. I already mentioned to you the membership about the work I had to do with the forum header. (to quote the actual email sent to you ): Your offer to help was and is greatly appreciated, and the areas that we do need assistance with is the technical aspects of operating the forums...
One example of this would be: several months ago the Cabinet voted to turn off the 'hidden' log in function.
At that time you provided the instructions for how to do that, and the function was indeed removed from access.
However, it was discovered last night that there was a member logged in as 'hidden' for a number of hours, which was rather surprising to say the least.
We are not sure how such a thing could transpire, and would like you to please resend the relevant instructions you provided before, so that the 'hidden' function can again be shut off.
This is the kind of leadership we currently have at the NWC. At the very least I am quite concerned. You need not be concerned any longer Pierre – I want no part of YOUR club – because make no mistake – you have made it quite clear this is YOUR CLUB – you are doing the very same things that you accuse the former leadership of. If Members want to know the real reason people left – just read the posts and look at the source authors – go back to the posts and see the record.
For further info here is the most recent email from Pierre threating to impeach us ( sorry not a threat – just that darn DIRECT communication thing again )
“Regardless of his previous actions, he resigned and was not expelled. Whether you think he should have been is irrelevant or whatever post he did in the past is irrelevant. The Cabinet has no authority in this matter. Read the rules. You have no authority to prevent him from joining. Your points of view and reaction to issues I have brought are dismaying . I am not the only one to feel this way. It seems you take the moral low ground. You are committing an impeachment offense by exceeding your authority as President of the club. Obviously from some posts I am not the only one who thinks so.
As was pointed out above, the Cabinet has every authority to review and approve the membership requests of any person that has been expelled by them, or determined by them after they resigned (or read as fled) to have been involved in an expellable offense, for which J Corbin was directly named in the aforementioned attempt.
The simple arithmetic of counting said posts for and against the remaining Cabinet members that you have yet to drive off, is not even close to being in your favor.
You need not be concerned any longer Pierre – I want no part of YOUR club – because make no mistake – you have made it quite clear this is YOUR CLUB – you are doing the very same things that you accuse the former leadership of. If Members want to know the real reason people left – just read the posts and look at the source authors – go back to the posts and see the record.
I QUIT
Regards,
NWC
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