[mou] Today and tomorrow
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:54:46 -0600
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Today I stood up for a friend name Leo Lantz who was banned from the =
MOU-Net listserv for an honest mistake he made. Leo since been added =
back on the listserv and Leo credited me for doing so. The MOU =
president Mark Alt called me this morning and ask that I step down as =
the MOU field trip position because I threaten to quit if Leo did not =
get apology and put back on the listserv. I know that was immature of me =
in doing so but I did not want to be part of an organization that =
refuses to forgive people over simple mistakes such as the one Leo =
committed. Leo nor should anyone be place on a moderator's list because =
the poster accidentally sent a non bird topic to the listserv.=20
I refused to quit and Mark gave me two options 1. go thru a transition =
and step down quietly or 2) be immediately released. I told Mark " I am =
not quitting". So Mark Alt told me he is going to approach the MOU board =
an advise them to remove me from my position. A few minutes ago Mark Alt =
told me tonight he has basically removed me from my position and as =
president he can do so - I guess.
So I am not the MOU field trip chairman anymore. Remember 3 or 4 years =
ago all the MOU trips I created and how happy everyone was with these =
trips? All this was taken away from me because I stood up for a friend. =
Some say I am to emotional or to quick with my anger. Maybe they are =
right about that. I defend my friends, I am not afraid to speak out on =
matters that mean a lot to me such as the logging going on in Sax Zim =
Bog. I am not afraid to speak out when others are spinning the truth. =
I call a spade a spade when I see one! That is who I am. I got some =
emails today encouraging me to hang in there and some agreeing with me. =
I got an email from Rick Hoyme telling me to "grow up". Maybe so but =
not defending a friend who made an honest mistake and standing by doing =
nothing is more grown up? Should I act childish and rant and rave to =
everyone about all the logging going on in Sax Zim Bog or should act =
mature or " grown up" and hush up about what is going up there?
What now?
The Lake Superior Pelagic Trips belong to me and I will continue to run =
these trips. Mark Alt during our phone conversation agree that if I get =
removed from the board these trips are mind to run and to organized. All =
other trips are up in the air and I think Al Shirmacher is going to =
replace me. Al is a great guy and should do a great job for the MOU and =
I ask that you all support him if he is asked by Mark Alt to take that =
position. Mark was already talking to Al about field trips after he =
phoned me and notified my future with the MOU.
Me? Going to do what some of my critics have been telling me -- " =
disappear" or " go away" and that is what I am going to do.
Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Today I stood up for a friend =
name Leo=20
Lantz who was banned from the MOU-Net listserv for an honest mistake he=20
made. Leo since been added back on the listserv and Leo credited =
me for=20
doing so. The MOU president Mark Alt called me this morning and =
ask that I=20
step down as the MOU field trip position because I threaten to quit if =
Leo did=20
not get apology and put back on the listserv. I know that was immature =
of me in=20
doing so but I did not want to be part of an organization that refuses =
to=20
forgive people over simple mistakes such as the one Leo committed. =
Leo nor should anyone be place on a moderator's list because the=20
poster accidentally sent a non bird topic to the=20
listserv. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I refused to quit and Mark =
gave me two=20
options 1. go thru a transition and step down quietly or 2) be =
immediately=20
released. I told Mark " I am not quitting". So Mark Alt told =
me he is=20
going to approach the MOU board an advise them to remove me from my =
position. A few minutes ago Mark Alt told me tonight he=20
has basically removed me from my position and =
as president he can=20
do so - I guess.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>So I am not the MOU =
field trip=20
chairman anymore. Remember 3 or 4 years ago all the MOU trips I =
created=20
and how happy everyone was with these trips? All this was taken =
away from=20
me because I stood up for a friend. Some say I am to =
emotional or to=20
quick with my anger. Maybe they are right about that. I =
defend=20
my friends, I am not afraid to speak out on matters that mean a lot =
to me=20
such as the logging going on in Sax Zim Bog. I am not afraid to =
speak out=20
when others are spinning the truth. I call a spade a spade when I =
see=20
one! That is who I am. I got some emails today =
encouraging me=20
to hang in there and some agreeing with me. I got an email from =
Rick Hoyme=20
telling me to "grow up". Maybe so but not defending a friend=20
who made an honest mistake and standing by doing nothing is more =
grown=20
up? Should I act childish and rant and rave to everyone =
about=20
all the logging going on in Sax Zim Bog or should act mature or " grown =
up" and=20
hush up about what is going up there?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>What now?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>The Lake Superior Pelagic=20
Trips belong to me and I will continue to run these =
trips. Mark=20
Alt during our phone conversation agree that if I get removed from =
the=20
board these trips are mind to run and to organized. All other =
trips=20
are up in the air and I think Al Shirmacher is going to replace =
me. Al is=20
a great guy and should do a great job for the MOU and I ask that you all =
support=20
him if he is asked by Mark Alt to take that position. Mark was =
already=20
talking to Al about field trips after he phoned me and notified my =
future with=20
the MOU.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2> Me? Going to do =
what some of=20
my critics have been telling me -- " disappear" or " go away" and that =
is what I=20
am going to do.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael =
Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20
Minnesota<BR>Minnesota Birding Treks<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart=
er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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