If you are not Active at the space then you do not really know the folks that are heer, that are doing thing
that are Making the space now. You are out of touch with the space
That is a problem I noted early on. leaders that seemed to ignore what was really happening
I have an excellent example from 2015
The Fibers group was seeking to expand the scope. Inkle weaving came up as a possibility
but there was a problem with the needed loom. A common inkle loom is around 3 ft long
and produces several yards of trim. This was not practical for us, Either Jeanie or I stumbled
on some ini inkle looms for sale, at around $75 each, The link was shared with Walter and within
a few days he had designed and built one and had even figured out how to weave and he
wove a band on it! Several of us was looking at in the CA room and Tapper was there. He
then took the concept and figured out how to make them on the CNC and how to make them available to students at a reasonable cost to students,
CA paid for the materials, he cut them, The parts were bagged in kits that student could buy for $10
When they took a class. To pay for the teaching looms, we needed to have Classes. I placed 2 classes on the calendar This was when approval was needed by 3 Bod member. I only got approval from ONE. Now I should have pushed it, but my hubby had a series of strokes about that time so I was distracted. I think I taught one class while by hubby was in the hospital. It was a ten or twelve students, The second class was not as large, but neither was approved
I appealed the lack of approval and I did not get even the courtesy of a reply
I do not know why they were not approved, either I was considered a bad teacher (of a subject
that I had taught many successful classes in in the SCA) or they had not idea what they where and whey they where needed
Maybe you have a better idea but those 2 to nor reflect well on the power structure at that time
No the past history was not one with a lack of disturbing issues
By the way committee funds are NOT our only finances
I will congratulate you and David on greatly improving the facts of honorariums and teachers and committee payments. We still had far too many credit cards out there
I believe that at one time there were well over 20 member that held DMS credit cards. That was sloppy
Back in those days I felt that most of the members were treated more as customer than as valued members. We could do the grunt work and shut up and be used by our
betters That is the way I felt other opinions are out there
