[AlpacaTalk] Re: AOBA misconduct
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> Yes, benefactors are sponsors. No, as I've said before, they are
not
> charitable donations so your insistance before that AOBA was
required to
> give out some charitable contribution receipt wasn't accurate but I
can
> understand your confusion on this.
That would have been me, Libby, and to the best of my knowledge there
is not resemblence Heather and I, though I will admit I have never
met her in person ;-)
To set the record straight, you suggested that these were donations
being made by the benefactors, which of course most of us knew not to
be the case. Your use of the word sponsorship gets closer to the
truth.
The fact that access to the member list was ended (there was a time
when various alpaca shows I have been affiliated with used to
purchase the member list for promotional purposes) for the general
membership, and then offered to "sponsors" galls some people. Sure
shootin', it's a high price to pay for a member list and a $900
bronze statue, but for some it is a sign of inequity.
Can we acknowledge that is how some people feel?
The perception, in itself is not an attack on the Board. It is a
statement of how at least some of the membership (both current and
former) feel.
If their perceptions can not be acknowledged, then there should be
little surprise that their voices get shrill. That is a common
reaction from peple that feel patronized or otherwise invalidated.
They want to be heard - not corrected or convinced but listened to.
John Merrell
Gateway Farm Alpacas
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posted by Chaddo at 10:20 PM
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