Thanks for the comment and the encouragement to participate. I talk to Chris tomorrow, so at that point I’ll know how I might be able to contribute.

Cheers!

~jon

As someone who has worked with and continues to work with both Chris & Kristie – I have to tell you that you are spot on when you say they are good people.

In fact – they have both been there for me in some of the toughest moments of my life.

I hope you’ll join us in our efforts to create an interim board for Social Media Club. Here’s to a Brilliant Future!

-Erica

~jon

Got your DM – it is on my calendar. Chat then.

Readers,

The guy is doing what he said he would do. It appears I may have just got caught in one of those suck situations we all get into. This is another reason to join, please note my last slide on profit was a call to action slide. Give these folks a chance, Kristie was super cool so far as well. http://www.socialmediaclub.com

~jon

I will be talking to you later in the week once I get through some deadlines.

Let me know how I can help, as noted in the post I was REALLY hesitant to post until the exchange yesterday and today’s question. I do have some bandwidth a cycles to help how ever necessary to help avoid this.

I really did pay the money for the group – NOT the t-shirt, I suspect I could have gotten it cheaper. But it is a cool t-shirt. Thanks for the note and EVERYONE I’ve told my story too before and the reason I signed up was because of how well YOU are respected as an individual.

~jon

it would be great as well if you included the full context of the membership letter too, in which I was fully transparent and owned responsibility for this failing – I put myself into deep debt trying to get the club off the ground, with some successes, many mistakes and a lot of learning which is going back into our revitalized efforts which have started over the past 2 months and will be continuing through the end of the year and beyond.

as many folks know, and you may not, I was so sick during the early part of this year, that I thought I was dying – we are now chalking most of it up to a parasite that just effed with my system and the month+ of cipro and other drugs. more recently I went in to be tested for MS because of other symptoms that have arisen over the past 2 months. now I am not looking for any sympathy here, but I am trying to let you know I care, that life happens and that sometimes it just sucks, and our efforts suck as a result

our intentions have always been good and we are here to serve the broader community. that said, I dont see how the anonymous amanda chapel who only engages in rude exchanges and attacks on people with no intention of constructive criticism has much to do with this – Brian Connollly (sp?) and his girlfriend and whoever else is writing for this account now have no ethical standards, are not transparent and dont have the courage to blog as themselves or admit their own shortcomings – if you saw how he attacked susan reynolds and connie reece on the frozen pea fund by mixing up a chat they were having about it put to a war video with people dying in it and bombs going off, you would understand that he/they just attack people to entertain themselves and make themselves feel better – so I did a few exchanges with him/they yesterday because I am so over the BS they spew and the attacks they throw and I am now done with them – when people are assholes (excuse my language but there is no other term for their sort of behaviour) there is no reason to be engaged in a conversation with them

one of the biggest ethical issues we face is perhaps how to be respectful and disagree with people’s ideas without having to attack them personally – when that line is crossed, all bets are really off – but there are many – and the club is founded on the ideal that we need to continue to discuss and explore them and learn together – just like I do every day out here when I interact with people from different cultures and different points of view…

I am sorry we disappointed you and were not able to fulfill your expectations – ADD alone is not an excuse, financial hardship is not an excuse, there is not excuse, just the reality of what happened and what we choose to do together to make things better. In that vein, we are forming an interim board that will be addressing the issues for our future vision and operations which is going to be lead by a very organized professional (once she gets approval from work to do so, we will announce who).

I would invite you to participate in this board and help us make sure this sort of thing doesnt happen again and that we get the right people in charge to manage the operations going forward. Our goals are extremely important, and it is the shared sense of values, not the t-shirt or membership card that has brought people together. Lets find a way to further these values and correct the mistakes of our past…