[rfu-membership] Re: seeking solutions

[Tom Garza]

Thanks Lavana,

after some discussion we ended up working this 
problem out in a perhaps novel way, but one that 
at least at the time seemed satisfactory to all 
concerned.

A woman came to last nights meeting with a 
proposal for a new show (I think her name was 
Angela? or Amanda? Something starting with an 
'A'), but had no real programming partner in 
mind. I suggested that I sign on as her partner 
and she sign on as mine thus giving both of us an 
official, trained and paid up person on the books 
-- satisfying the literal wording if not the 
absolute intent of all of the relevant rules and 
regulations -- and everyone seemed to feel that 
this was a nice convenient way of avoiding the 
necessity of making up a new rule and/or coming 
up with a loophole for special circumstances.

Not that ultimately it wouldn't be a good idea to 
create some exceptions, but that may be more 
appropriate at a time further down the road when 
the regular rules are more firmly established and 
we have a better sense of their functionality.

In defense of my proposal, it wasn't meant to be 
flippant or even entirely self-serving, because I 
am in fact willing to help this person out with 
her show if need be, as I often do with The Show 
on Friday nights and also with Radio Triple R 
every Monday.

So there is something to be said for members 
working with one another and/or at least creating 
'inter-show interconnectedness' which is, in 
essence, a building of community.

This idea doesn't, of course, add to our dues 
paying membership, but hopefully there is enough 
that is positive about the idea that it negates 
or at least palliates the negatives.

Anyway, thanks for helping me work this out and I 
hope this is a satisfactory solution to all 
concerned.

tom g


>Tom, by all means we are able to find a good 
>solution to this.  Your show is regular.  Your 
>attendance at meetings is regualar.  And the 
>reputation that you have established does 
>matter.  Your show does live up to the purpose 
>of rfu and a community spirit.  I don't always 
>word things well -- but at any rate, yes, there 
>are ways for us to do this together.
>
>Lavana
>
>
>--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:
>
>From: Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>
>Subject: seeking solutions
>To: tgarza at precisiongraphics.com
>Cc: "RANDALL R HAWKINS" <lrhawkins at sbcglobal.net>
>Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 1:31 PM
>
>Tom,
>
>I'm sure we can figure a solution to address your situation, given its 
>unique nature, and the fact that it's a temporary issue (albeit for a 
>semester) rather than open-ended. I think our main concern is those 
>shows that are casually failing to comply with requirements, or which 
>are blatantly ignoring our 'two members' rule, rather than a long-term
>
>show that temporarily finds itself in an unusual situation....
>
>Andrew
>
>!DSPAM:533,48ebe8e598831336712104!
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