the_black_smudge posted:Good point, no worries. John: could you bring your MR's? I don't want to be too Sith heavy on this
-JediClone- posted:Sorry I didnt make it to Smudge's yesterday. I had a tooth filed Friday morning and ended up not feeling like going anywhere on Saturday.
DarthTratz posted:Amen brother.
Darthchromer posted:You probably don't understand the trouble we have to go through to do events like this, with having to schedule babysitters and being apart from family that wants you to be there for them instead. Its not easy to make time for your hobbies.
JarusSarn posted:Sorry guys. If I'd known that the whole thing would be a big hassle, I wouldn't have suggested it. Here's my position/situation when it comes to events, I don't plan or organize anything, that's not my strength, I'm not to be relied upon in that respect. The problem with the Spokantina, is that NO ONE takes INITIATIVE. So I end up having to kick everyone into gear to do stuff, and then everyone looks to me to organize things, I've bled star wars blood for this group for going on 2 years now, I pay for our web hosting out of my pocket, I've payed for most, if not all of our promotional material, and honestly, I feel more "kicked in the gut" than appreciated most of the time. So if anyone's been wondering why I've been "out of the loop" lately, you've got your answer. I love this group to death, but if we're going to be sucessful, do events, and have a great time, people need to buckle down and do stuff, because I'm done being the "catch-all" for planning and executing events and projects. I've got far too much on my plate as is. Now that I consider it. I may need to take a month or two off of the Spokantina... so until further notice, the Summer BBQ is on hold until I can decide if it's something that we can handle. Sorry guys, it's getting harder and harder to enjoy hanging out when I get bitched at all the time (and believe me, I can take a lot of bitching before I explode). I love everyone here dearly, but I'm not feeling the love back. (PS- Glenn and Shannon, I'm incredibly sorry that you guys felt abused, that was never my intent, I'm just really bad at planning, and my whole weekend was thrown off. If this is planned again for next year, we should make sure everyone arrives early morning and gets good parking If it makes you feel any better, everyone I was with was complaining to me too, so I guess no one ended up having a good time :\ All I can say is that I'm sorry, and I hope everyone will forgive me for my mistakes and poor planning)
DarthTratz posted:JarusSarn posted:Sorry guys. If I'd known that the whole thing would be a big hassle, I wouldn't have suggested it. Here's my position/situation when it comes to events, I don't plan or organize anything, that's not my strength, I'm not to be relied upon in that respect. The problem with the Spokantina, is that NO ONE takes INITIATIVE. So I end up having to kick everyone into gear to do stuff, and then everyone looks to me to organize things, I've bled star wars blood for this group for going on 2 years now, I pay for our web hosting out of my pocket, I've payed for most, if not all of our promotional material, and honestly, I feel more "kicked in the gut" than appreciated most of the time. So if anyone's been wondering why I've been "out of the loop" lately, you've got your answer. I love this group to death, but if we're going to be sucessful, do events, and have a great time, people need to buckle down and do stuff, because I'm done being the "catch-all" for planning and executing events and projects. I've got far too much on my plate as is. Now that I consider it. I may need to take a month or two off of the Spokantina... so until further notice, the Summer BBQ is on hold until I can decide if it's something that we can handle. Sorry guys, it's getting harder and harder to enjoy hanging out when I get bitched at all the time (and believe me, I can take a lot of bitching before I explode). I love everyone here dearly, but I'm not feeling the love back. (PS- Glenn and Shannon, I'm incredibly sorry that you guys felt abused, that was never my intent, I'm just really bad at planning, and my whole weekend was thrown off. If this is planned again for next year, we should make sure everyone arrives early morning and gets good parking If it makes you feel any better, everyone I was with was complaining to me too, so I guess no one ended up having a good time :\ All I can say is that I'm sorry, and I hope everyone will forgive me for my mistakes and poor planning) John, I appreciate how busy you are. Lord knows Glenn and I are (everyone is), but when you started this thread, I assumed you were the go-to guy. I don't want to alienate anyone here (hell, I barely know anybody yet) and I'm not interested in pointing fingers, we simply would have appreciated some accommodation when plans changed. When a time is set, show up. If those plans change, let someone know beforehand. Glenn and I both have families and other obligations, so we really have to plan our time carefully. And I know we're not the only ones. The other issue being that with wearing our cumbersome costumes (especially Glenn's Vader), it's hard for us to maneuver around, particularly through streets crowded with people. So it would have been nice to have someone less hindered to look out for us. In the end, we just kind of felt as if no one really wanted us there. What really set us off is when we were told, "I'd say sorry, but I got a new car." That was completely inappropriate at that point and was by no means an excuse to leave us hanging for 3 hours. That's all I'm going to say and I'd just as soon move on. I think this could be a fun group. Maybe someone could take on being an event coordinator? But I agree John, if your plate is full, I wouldn't expect you to have to coordinate everything. But like I said before, I don't know everyone here so I'm still a n00b. As a matter of fact, I feel as if I may be overstepping my bounds right now.
The_Cheeser posted:I'd like to through my hat in for event planning. Most of the problem I see is caused by a need to improve our communication. Maybe a communications officer/director/slave could be added to aid the group.
