ORIGINAL: Ken Bryant
YOU scheduled a contest knowing there was a conflict
Not true, When we scheduled our event we did not know when Amarilo would have their event. We did not have any idea if they would have one. We did schedule our event in a premtive manner so that we could get a date that was in line with a local Air Force base expo. This is what we worked around. Truth is Amarilo scheduled their contest after ours was already on the books. So in truth, they stepped on our date. The only thing we knew was that Amarilo might have a contest some time in the spring as they always did, remeber spring is only three months long with 12-13 weekends in it. We had NO IDEA when when we submited a date. We had ZERO NADA NO intention of having this issue happen. Like I said Our date was chossen so we did not conflict with our commitment to Cannon Air Force Base and nothing else. We choose early so that everyone in the area would see it and NOT conflict with it. Well that didn't happen.
YOU could have picked up the phone and called the CDs of the other contests and worked it all out so you did not have a conflict. YOU did not. And now it's all AMA's fault somehow?
No, I could not discuss it with any other CD because we scheduled first and our dates are in the last 2 MA magazines. I did not, I repeat NOT have any idea what any other clubs where planing in the area. Thiers is not even in the most recent magazine. They scheduled on the date we had already had reserved. They could have called too but didn't, The Dist 8 coordinator could have called, but didn't. This could have never have happend for allot of reasons but it did. The "fail safe" that is supposed to be in place failed. The one and only person that knew before anyone that the dates where in conflict was the Dist 8 contest coordinator. He saw it and did NOTHING. He was the first person that could have stoped this and didn't. After the dates where both approved both clubs now suffer.
The whole point was to keep a conflict from occuring at all. I relied on the Contest coordinator to do his job. This is where I failed and will admit to that. Yes, I was rude in my E-mails. However as I stated, you are only seeing one side of the story. Assume what you must.
And your need for "an apology" speaks volumes...who CARES about an apology? It's meaningless.
Yep, that speaks volumes about the type of person you are and the type of person I am.
NO. Wrong. You KNEW they were having their long-standing contest, the onus was on YOU to make sure there was no conflict before asking for a date. YOU. And YOU failed. You could have called Amarillo. Hey, it's only 100 miles away, right?
Anyway, you are convinced you are blameless, and everybody else is at fault. I won't try to convince you otherwise, because it took a fantasic amount of rationalization for you to arrive at the state you are in right now, and it seems like you will just find a way to rationalize your own innocence no matter what, so what's the point of discussing it?