Spring Meet comment/concern/issue - vendors

[Mrs 66 Snake]

Jim,

You are right, it was Jim Creel. If you reread the first post you'll see where I tried to be as tactful as possible to avoid even having this discussion and "outing" him. And honestly I was happy that we didn't have any problems with vendors abusing their attendance.

As far as why people told me instead of posting, well you'd be surprised at how much I hear from people around the state, because apparently by doing the registration, they think I have some kind of leadership position. And I try very hard to smooth the waters. And I agree we've beat a dead horse. I don't think I've got the time, energy or inclination to further explain the difference I see between the system we have that works, and one where we would start charging TDE, KCM, LSC, SPF, etc a booth fee just to be able to come hang out with their friends for the weekend.

But I don't appreciate getting slammed because I made a post passing concerns on about the potential for some vendors to abuse the Spring Meet. So if that means I have to out Jim Creel for a very ill-advised suggestion to illustrate the point, then so be it.

And if we're going to be stop *****-footing around, then I'll add that it's not anyone else that I felt slammed by except Jay. His post showed he had either only skimmed my posts explaining my concerns or he just wanted to be hurtful. And it was hurtful. I have spent a lot of time getting to know people from Dallas, Austin and Houston over the years and I don't appreciate him implying that I would be at all in favor of closing ranks.