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This is a post Jacque Dumas sent to the NARBC list that was not let go through to the members. Jacque was a LONG time Treasurer of NARBC (national angora rabbit breeders club) who did a great job and was a very honest person that donated her time to the club. She is no longer Treasurer because of the same pettyness only way worse, than I received!


Gee, Kim,

I am really sorry to see you go as WebMistress, but, I can relate to your feelings of frustration. Maybe one of these days, NARBC
Board Members and active Members will stop the "internal" back stabbing and politics and do what is best for the Club - keeping
everyone informed of what is going on.  Since the newsletter is not out, and we do not have privy to the minutes of the Board Meeting and the Membership Meeting, we are out of the loop of what has happened - or what decisions have been made that resulted in your resignation. Personally, the fact that the results from the ARBA Convention have not been posted on the website, due to the lack of you receiving the results, should have spelled out internal operations going on. I also think that the minutes should be posted on the website as soon as the Convention is over - therefore there would be no relapse of time for the membership to know what is going on. After all, the meetings were in October, the minutes could have been posted by the middle of November to the website, and we are still waiting on the newsletter. (Sorry, Amanda, I know it is not all your fault.)

There is definitely a lack of communication between the VOLUNTEERS and the ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS/DIRECTORS.
I was told a long time ago that a "few" members run this Club, but, I failed to believe it was true. But, after having been on "their" side, and then being just a "member", I have to agree. I have resigned from the politics and I am loving every minute of it. I congratulate any member that can be a active volunteer and keep above the politics that go on - they must have a very tough skin. I know that from personal experience.

We hate to see you leave as WebMistress. It has been a long time since the website has been so user friendly and informative and up-to-date. I am glad you did not let go your District 6 Director Position. Maybe you will have a say in what does happen finally about the website.

I do hope the group moderators let the membership read this post. If not, I will post it on my blog anyway.

Thanks,
Jacque Dumas
http://www.geocities.com/angoraperccy2

I apologize to all the members for quitting on the web site. After thinking long and hard and finally finding out what was REALLY going on I made my decision. There is a lot going on behind the scenes of NARBC that the members never know about. This last little incident just did it for me. I realized after I sent out my resignation that the members probably didn't know what had happened so I will explain a little here.

I have done the NARBC web site for a long time and did the newsletter for a year and a half, sometimes both at the same time. My whole intention was to help NARBC and it's members as much as possible. It was a learning experience to say the least! Not many of you realize the time it takes to do one of those jobs let alone both at the same time! Many thanks to Amanda Politino for taking over the newsletter! Please give her all for your support. Please realize that the newsletter, when it is way late like now, is not her fault BUT the NARBC Presidents and the Secretary's! If anyone has any questions I am sure Amanda or I would be glad to answer them.

Anyway I just found out from the Board Meeting Minutes - that the board of NARBC does not like the web site or the way I have been doing it. No one bothered to give any suggestions or comments ever to how they would like to see the site done. I have asked untold times for comments on how everyone would like to see it done but none of them bothered to email me with any. They voted to have Judy look into getting an outside company to do the web site and pay them to do so. Ok I have a suggestion: If NARBC has money to do this why not pay the members who work so hard for the club and keep it in the club?? Just my opinion though. :)

I really appreciate all your heart felt emails I have received today after my announcement. I am sorry I did not do better for you members. Still If I can help anyone please don't hesitate to email me!
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Here is my official resignation:

Judy, Board, and NARBC Members,

First let me say it has been an experience serving NARBC for these MANY years. I have given countless hours to help who ever needed my assistance. I have done the web site for a long time as well as the NARBC newsletter, and rebuilt the web site from the ground up several times. I really appreciate those of you who took the time to at least say "Thank You for all your hard work!" You know who you are.

As of now I will no longer be doing the web site. It has come to my attention that many of you have complaints and are disgruntled with my work on the web site. All of a sudden you want to pay someone to do the web site? It makes sense to me to give $ to members rather than outsiders. I have yet to hear anyone make a suggestion as to what they wanted changed or added, even after pleading for suggestions. If there was a problem why not just let me know?? As for the members section – there is tons of stuff there that non members can't see. It is in the main menu and many members have looked at all the articles. I didn't realize that there was just one link showing in the member's menu until I changed the site the other day, but did anyone tell me or ask me why that was. I worked from within the site most of the time and just now found it when I logged in.

So with all that said, I bid you all a farewell. I will continue to be District 6 director.

Best Regards,

Kim Gay