JimF-LowBari

Wonder what CA track record is for not renewing non-profit status. Was in two PA groups that lost theirs for a while. One missed filing the paperwork (IOW someone screwed up). The other because they no longer met the non-profit qualifications. No idea how much warning they received as the board hid what was going on.

Problem I had with Rices RAMD posts was it turned into “something happened somewhere, some time with somebody and someone (else) should do something about it”. IOW he knew or heard the details but didn’t go (or quit going) to the authorities. So one of us should report (with no information). Note: I missed early posts as was a later arrived to RAMD. Kicker was a Reddit poster claiming RAMD posters had a conspiracy by not reporting. Tried to explain Rice gave us nothing reportable but gave up. That poster was later banned by Reddit…

No idea on this rule… or any rule for that matter. Just a reminder that DCI can do what it wants… but if the state does anything that kills the bingo income 🥲

If CA doesn’t allow SCV to keep their non-profit status then SCV can’t operate bingo. And SCV management has claimed Bingo is a huge part of their income. IOW DCI could bless everything SCV has said and done but… the corps could still have to close shop.

Theres no hope for me as I have both Plan 9 and Mostel/Wilder Producers on dvd. I haunt Goodwill and Salvation Army for DVDs and books so at least got them cheap

I’m hearing first part of Mel Brooks (vocal) cameo. “Don’t be stupid, be a smartie”. Good advice with this cluster…

Any idea if the number of people playing Bingo is back to pre-Covid level?

The Penn State/Jerry Sandusky flashbacks are starting. 😫😫😫

Agreed. Worse comes to worse if the software is non-compatible then keep old records on QB and new records on new software. BUT…. crappy job of transitioning if (repeat if) the new SW was non-compatible with QB. Someone didn’t do their freaking job checking it out. Sounds like the real excuse is “we don’t know how to use the new software “. 🤔

Had an ancestor murdered few years before I was born. They caught the guys quickly but if they hadn’t… the number of years means nothing IMO

Ok I didn’t know (or forgot) what DCI requested from the Troopers.

What else does DCI have to go on besides what SCV is saying? Only other info is the CA paperwork mess but if SCV says that’s being worked out then DCI is 🤷🏻

And nothing said about the mess with the CA paperwork. 🤔 My search for trauma dumping came up with basically “I had it worse than you so I don’t want to hear your complaints/comments” IOW shut up. Know people who do that and just want to respond that it ain’t a freaking contest (who had it worse)

And the “answer” was saying possibly the MM was too weak to handle tough criticism. IOW the instructor wasn’t the problem, it was the MM.

No idea about what is being discussed, but let’s not get into victim blaming without facts.

I started with a “Senior” corps at 16 and being in a group aged teenage to 40 or so helped me in life. Staff couldn’t pull the dramatics without an older person calling them on it. Especially talking like being in the corps is the most important thing in your life. (But have seen posts from BITD Jr corps members who still talk like it. 🙄) Worked IT for the Navy and the line when someone is panicking over a HUGE problem is: “are the ships sinking??? (No) We will get it fixed, just relax”. IOW my BS detector and priority setting was fine tuned in Sr corps. Edit: lol locked out but access to raw data. Yeah like that stops anyone with a bit of knowledge. 😆(My expertise was database)

What I want to hear is that the state paperwork is complete, in order and approved. If not, bingo can be lost and corps will lose its financial base

And all of that will be for nothing if the BoD doesn’t get its crap together and resolve the CA paperwork fiasco. If the state closes the Bingo operation that will be it for the funds needed to operate

When I competed in the late 70s had a guy who worked with the Baris who used psychology. He knew we were a bunch of “self starters” who did not respond to yelling or insults. It was “huh… thought you could do better than that…” 3 second pause (for the meaning to sink in 😡) “ok try it again”.

Had a horn instructor who was on the sarcastic side (his corps nickname was Ogre). Horns would play something just right and he’d say with a sneer “once is luck”. 😈 We’d mutter “love ya too” and then play it right again to “spite” him. 😆

Thats the problem with people like us who have followed the activity closely for (mumble mumble) number of years. Have seen too much crap go down and too many corps fold. Plus being opened minded enough to know the members of today live in a different environment than we did. So they would want different than what we had.

Getting ready for the close of the thread. And knowing Jeff and his dad for decades, there is a huge difference between being miserable and stating facts no matter how bad they may be. SCV has dug themselves in a huge hole and parts of it are not getting better. I want corps to survive and IMO this is not the way to do it

So what is the usual number of returning (aka vets) members for a top corps?

I finally remembered (I think) “Our Lady of the Single Valve (OLSV) Cadets”. So many corps of the era were called Cadets so why not Cadets. 😆 Wonder if Ace did the review of 1975 Dream show that said Roosevelt Stadium was “the land that time forgot”. Chief Judge Walt Kelly chases dinosaurs off the field with his starters pistol. A real tornado takes the Hurcs away, etc. Sorry mods can’t make this on topic

That’s it Ace Holleran. Miss the humor DCN would print at times