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Old 08-29-2010, 05:19 PM   #901
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Does anyone find it ironic that the Defend Wally leadership did to the DW supporters what the WBCCI leadership does to its membership?
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Without a doubt, Bob deservingly is on the fast track for WBCCI MVP this year. The newly designated merit award has been only recently created to honor those with highest achievement in the fast growing field of Code of Ethics Gone Wild. Hey Congratulations Bob!
I have been following this thread from the beginning. I felt that Bob (LI Pets) has been condecending to those who didn't agree with him 100%. He was controlling and it also appears his actions have been totally self serving. He has also been misleading.

I can see him being the IP in a future year as he is just like them - no different.

I will be voting shortly by not supporting DW or making the 2011 dues payment to the WBCCI. The DW and the WBCCI are an organization that the three stooges would be proud of.
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Does anyone find it ironic that the Defend Wally leadership did to the DW supporters what the WBCCI leadership does to its membership?
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I have just been informed today that I have been expelled from the defend wally team for my comments that I posted on the internet in this thread questioning the progress and asking for updates. My alleged "outburst" is precluding me from being kept in the loop. What no sham of a grievance committee for breaking the code of ethics for moi?

Looks like you own it Bob. May it bring you many many happy hours of satisfaction and prestige.
This old post was just so telling...
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I'm willing to give Howie the benefit of the doubt and not take his post as mistral' read it. Perhaps Howie was sandbagged like others and is just trying to make the best of it. Just another thing not really known.

Rodney, we are bathed in irony and the multileveled politics of Dune has been equalled. Who gets their heart plug pulled next?

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As a kid, way back in the 50s, I recall watching this lesson unfold on TV.
Some might want to review the whole story in detail.

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If Defend Wally is now sending unsigned emails, intentionally hiding the identity of the author, it's a brand new all-time low. So Gibson-esque. So WBCCI forums.

How unfortunate that one Defend Wally member would do something, by deliberately hiding, that could easily disparage the reputation of the remaining two members.

For those that did donate funds to a cause that promised a lawsuit and instead have watched MetroNY merely gain a seat on a powerless committee, you've been wronged. I hope you'll write MetroNY Leadership and demand a FULL refund.

The group that had the most vested in this effort was NOT MetroNY, it was that entire group of independent financial supporters, the ones that dwarfed MetroNY's contribution by more than 2:1.

It's MetroNY that ultimately changed the direction here. If "Defend Wally" wasn't 'legal' to collect these funds, yet MetroNY is, then it is MetroNY that is fully accountable to the financial supporters that donated thousands of dollars to what should have been a victorious cause.

I'm calling for MetroNY leadership to refund each and every current, past, and non-renewing WBCCI member that trusted Defend Wally to do as they promised. Defend Wally has no legitimate claim in this matter, this is now a MetroNY matter as disclosed by DW.

If MetroNY leadership has now chosen to go in a different direction (as evidenced) then it is MetroNY that should pay for this new direction, not those that were expecting the original plan and goal to be seen through. It's safe to say that supporters expected a little bit more conviction from the folks that they trusted to do the right thing. There was simply no way for these supporters to know that MetroNY would take their intentions, their money and send that effort off in a different direction, 180 degrees off course.

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I agree 100%!!

As a contributor to the now defunct law suit, I have been told that the funds (or what remain of the funds) are being held in escrow until July (2011??)

Why and for what purpose?

As I have previously stated, I contributed to a proposed law suit NOT TO SOME NEBULOUS SETTLEMENT THAT DID NOT ACHIEVE ONE OF THE MAIN STATED OBJECTIVES.......THE RE-INSTATEMENT OF LEO GARVEY

I don't know, nor do I care at this point who has the funds. My only concern is TO HAVE MY CONTRIBUTION RETURNED IMMEDIATELY with no further worthless verbiage, inconclusive statements about objectives, committees, or any other products of the now defunct law suit effort.

It's very simple:

1. I contributed to a pending law suit against the WBCCI.

2. There IS NO LONGER A LAW SUIT, and the current game of charades does not equate to the original stated purpose used to solicit the funds for said law suit.

3. My funds should be returned at once, since there is no reason to keep them, and any given reasons other than the pursuit of the original law suit would be tantamount to fraud.
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at least this newest twist has taken everyone's mind off of the MOHO issue...

Crawfordgene, is this changing of purpose of funds a breach of contract? Could this change of direction by DW/NYUtoh be the grounds of yet a new lawsuit?
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Has anyone read the "Letter to the editor" in the just posted September Blue Beret? It is wonderful, when you control the only authorized communication channel within the club to put out only your one side for the story. They never heard o fair and balanced.
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I agree 100%!!

As a contributor to the now defunct law suit, I have been told that the funds (or what remain of the funds) are being held in escrow until July (2011??)

Why and for what purpose?

As I have previously stated, I contributed to a proposed law suit NOT TO SOME NEBULOUS SETTLEMENT THAT DID NOT ACHIEVE ONE OF THE MAIN STATED OBJECTIVES.......THE RE-INSTATEMENT OF Leo G

I don't know, nor do I care at this point who has the funds. My only concern is TO HAVE MY CONTRIBUTION RETURNED IMMEDIATELY with no further worthless verbiage, inconclusive statements about objectives, committees, or any other products of the now defunct law suit effort.

It's very simple:

1. I contributed to a pending law suit against the WBCCI.

2. There IS NO LONGER A LAW SUIT, and the current game of charades does not equate to the original stated purpose used to solicit the funds for said law suit.

3. My funds should be returned at once, since there is no reason to keep them, and any given reasons other than the pursuit of the original law suit would be tantamount to fraud.
Amen. I agree 100%. This farce of holding our funds until July,2011 is not legitimate.
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Has anyone read the "Letter to the editor" in the just posted September Blue Beret? It is wonderful, when you control the only authorized communication channel within the club to put out only your one side for the story. They never heard o fair and balanced.
I am withholding my dues until after the mid-winter IBT (if I ever pay them at all). What happens there determines whether I remain in the club. If membership is opened up to non-Airstream owners, I am gone. I had might as well join Good Sam?
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Old 08-30-2010, 09:11 AM   #913
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at least this newest twist has taken everyone's mind off of the MOHO issue...

Crawfordgene, is this changing of purpose of funds a breach of contract? Could this change of direction by DW/NYUtoh be the grounds of yet a new lawsuit?
I don't know what promises were made in the solicitations for funds. The power of public disclosure and moral pressure are your best bet. Suing the promoters of the effort would also be a diversion of resources taking everyone's mind off of MoHo's and all the other stuff.

If the promoters promised a lawsuit and nothing but a lawsuit, maybe there's a claim. But wouldn't people, when they wrote the checks, have some thoughts about whether negotiations might prevent a lawsuit? It happens often enough. There's obviously more to the solicitations and maybe they were written foolishly without consultation with lawyers.

Are you angry about the money, about being sandbagged, about Bob's personality, about the irony, about the WBCCI? I think the question now is how to take action to achieve the results that were originally hoped for. I know it's may be hard to set aside the anger, but what is the goal(s)?

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There isn't a claim, Gene not unless one of the unhappy supporters is a pedantic legal hobbyist with a penchant for silly DIY lawsuits.

The bottom line is that the lawsuit is over. If it was hard to raise money to challenge the IBT before, it will be doubly so now. Perhaps that's not an entirely bad thing. As noted frequently on this thread, you cannot litigate the WBCCI into becoming a better Airstream Club. And this notion that changing the rules will transform the WBCCI is simply misguided. There are thousands of members who are apparently happy enough to send in a check every year. Put simply, the WBCCI may suck for some... but it clearly doesn't suck for everybody.

Gene, as usual, asks the right question. What is the goal? Even if those of you who didn't practice caveat donator get your money back, what then? Another mythical lawsuit? Another committee? The best way to facilitate change in the WBCCI is to stop underwriting the status quo. Simply quit. Convince others that there's more fun, fellowship and freedom outside the club. The more members that walk, the greater the chance that there will be some meaningful change.
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There isn't a claim, Gene not unless one of the unhappy supporters is a pedantic legal hobbyist with a penchant for silly DIY lawsuits.
Hamp', I'm unsure which claims you mean. It is possible that donors were promised a lawsuit regardless of anything else, and if so, they may have a claim under several legal theories that would not be laughed out of court . Spending more money to get that money—$50, $100, whatever—may be a bad investment (good money after bad).

So far as the claims against the WBCCI, there are some claims that could be made, but as for the ones posted in a list several days ago, and also long before that, most of them are not good legal claims and some good legal claims were left out. It was a list of grievances that supposedly was a list of legal claims. That list, which I don't want to spend time looking for, was the product of a layman's anger (some certainly was justified anger), but not the product of someone with some legal expertise.

Whether a well put together lawsuit with sensible plaintiffs would change the WBCCI is uncertain. It could put sufficient pressure on the organization to make for real change. To beat the dead (and by now, moldy) horse, an effort to change the WBCCI needs to have several tactics as part of an overall strategy based on some basic goals. Change unit officers if they are not on your side, elect regional officers that agree with you, draw up your own bylaws and other organic document changes, challenge the IBT at every plenary meeting, choose some spokespeople who are reasonable and know how to organize and who do not anger and insult their natural supporters. Form a group with strong and trusted leadership first of all, define goals, create a strategy to further the goals, develop tactics kin line with both. This takes time and money, but especially time, not to mention lots of money if a lawsuit is pursued. In previous posts, I have said "grassroots organizing"—that's what it takes. With all that work, you could form another group to go camping.

Is it worth it? Some may say so, but most vote with their feet, quit the WBCCI, and go it alone or join another group. I see many people don't want to quit the WBCCI because they have formed friendships within units; eventually they will find a way to have non-WBCCI rallies. The antithesis of the WBCCI is TAC and those rallies could be within that structure, or simply through this forum.

As I see it, the WBCCI has a historic legacy*, but increasingly it is otherwise dated and superfluous. What's easier? Reform the WBCCI or go another way, especially when those ways are readily available through social media.

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*Over the first years of its existence, the WBCCI grew fast, but for most of its existence (30 years is often stated) it has been losing members, so maybe the bulk of its legacy is failure.
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Numerous Defend Wally and Metro NY members are dissatisfied with the WBCCI status quo, and feel that positive change in the club is both urgent and necessary if it is to survive. These same members believe that their voices are not being heard, and that positive change is being blocked by antiquated, cumbersome club procedures and disinterested past officers. To address this situation, Defend Wally created a legal fund and Metro NY later came on board as an additional plaintiff. Legal counsel was retained to file suit against WBCCI and institute change.

During the course of preparing the law suit, Defend Wally/Metro NY was contacted by WBCCI. Discussions began, and eventually centered on withholding the lawsuit in exchange for appointing a representative from Defend Wally/Metro NY to sit on a newly created “By-Laws Revision Committee.” This five member Committee would be tasked with consolidating and incorporating changes to the club’s Bylaws and Constitution. Encouraged by this turn of events and intent upon having a seat at the table to institute positive change within WBCCI, Defend Wally/Metro NY has decided to withhold filing suit in the hope that changes in the club can be achieved amicably through this new Committee.

Unfortunately, Mr. Leo G has declined such compromise. He has moved on in another direction and is in no way involved with Defend Wally/Metro NY’s desire to achieve change through dialogue, negotiation, and compromise.

Defend Wally/Metro NY has chosen a representative to the Committee, and he has been duly appointed by WBCCI. It is the desire of this individual to represent any members who are dissatisfied with the club, and to bridge the disharmony between our groups. This representative will be a conduit for these dissatisfied members, and seek to institute constructive change and cooperation from within the club. We believe it is critical to the club’s creditability that the concerns of these members be properly addressed, and that the parties continue to operate in good faith, toward the resolution of any outstanding issues.

To this end we have directed counsel to suspend legal action while the By-Laws Revision Committee meets to generate its recommendations, and the WBCCI act upon same.

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In other words you caved for a little of the spot light. This whole thing has been about a few people wanting to be a big cheese. Sold out.

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Once upon a time there was a little unit called Metro NY not the biggest but the friendliest……..my how things have changed.
For a few years they happily camped together and enjoyed their campfires, drums, snakebites and all the other good things that went along with a SOCIAL CAMPING CLUB.
Then one day a forward thinking creative member decided there were many things wrong with the club and the feckless leadership. Well a lot of the higher ups decided he was a bad guy and grieved against him. They did it twice ………the first time was a take back but the second time they meant business and threw him out for real. …..Some other people from the air forums started a defense fund for this guy…….
The little group?……well hell they all liked this guy and thought it was not fair he got thrown out. after all he was a part of the little group and did many good deeds for them. They rallied round and voted at the spring rally meeting to throw their support and $$ to help get him reinstated. It was mostly about the reinstatement as most members had no clue what irresponsible deeds the feckless leaders were committing.
Because the defense fund was not a legal entity, had no bank account,or formal chain of command in place the little group thought ……well gee ”let’s help the friend out and allow the treasurer to take the pledges of money and hold it until the time seemed ripe”.
The people were going to see the lawyer and needed a check because we all know you can’t visit the lawyer without $$ . So who wrote the check for the lawyer? Must have been this guys friends. YUP. Well lawyers advise the people that visited him “you most likely will not win anything by trying to sue the feckless leaders for their travesties because let’s face it is a social club after all” it will be a useless spending of thousands of dollars and for naught”. However the friend and his wife that were thrown out….. they stand a very real chance of suing and actually winning punitive damages. …
So everyone goes back to the drawing board and lo and behold some of the feckless leaders agents approach the lawyer and the people and seem to want to strike a deal.
His friends insist that part of the deal is to reinstate the nice guy but the feckless leaders agents say oh no if we do that there is someone else standing in the wings waiting to file yet another grievance against this nice guy. (poor fella just can’t catch a break)

So what are his friends to do? . Then the agents approach and say they are forming a new committee to rewrite the by-laws and if someone that seems to know the issues at hand would be interested in sitting on that committee….Well heck it may be a working solution and it may accomplish maybe SOME of the goals of the nice guy…. and then everyone can all get back to the business of camping. ….this little club is by now getting a little overwhelmed with the responsibility of this money and the looming lawsuit and think….yeah this just may be the solution and it could actually work……the very least they can do is “give it a try”…………………and so here they are willing to at least try………….


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I hope this fairytale has a fairytale ending in which they somehow find a solution where everyone lives happily ever after, but it already looks like one of the main good guy characters has been thrown under the bus and been run over. 42 people, plus a few extras, are writing this story but all 6,400 of us will be directly effected.
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I hope this fairytale has a fairytale ending in which they somehow find a solution where everyone lives happily ever after, but it already looks like one of the main good guy characters has been thrown under the bus and been run over. 42 people, plus a few extras, are writing this story but all 6,400 of us will be directly effected.
I'm reasonably certain that at least a few others are writing this story as well....

Do we know if IP Norm Beu replied to Michele Curley about her posting yet?
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