[pct-l] farewell....

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

I second everything Firefly  said about Brenda. Well said, Firefly. 
 
    Perhaps if PCTA could give the  list a detailed explanation of what's 
behind their decision, I might be more  inclined to accept it. Without that 
explanation, PCTA, I'll be a lot more  reluctant to renew my membership after 
I finish the PCT, next summer if the snow  melts in WA. I know times are 
hard, but you owe the hikers, who know and  love Brenda, an explanation. 
Besides, who else can truly represent PCTA @  ADZ...? 
    I've always felt that PCTA was  rather aloof from the hikers, without 
whom there's no need for the PCTA; this  only reinforces that feeling. (As an 
example, over the past 4-5 years I've sent  2 emails, with suggestions, to 
PCTA, one specifically to Liz Bergeron; neither  was ever answered.)
 
Bob "Trekker"  Brewer
Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

"Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See,  if it 
wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' " -- Harry Browne

"If you think  health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it 
costs when its free."  -- P J O'Rourke



In a message dated 10/14/2010 12:51:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
bobbnweav at gmail.com writes:

Brenda...
WHAT!!!!!  Brenda, I'm so sorry!  Whatever  are they thinking of?  The P.R.
you have brought to your 'clients' can  never be replaced....  You have to 
be
the epitome of a true Office  Manager, there for everyone, not just office
staff.  The tremendous  job you do at Kick Off and wherever else you're
needed is so reflected in  the love any hiker/trail angel etc. who has come
into contact with you  feels for you.  The person/machine that signs/stamps
permits (and  manages your office, how does an organization of any size get
along w/o  one?) from now on will never bring to that job what you've added
to the  organization as a whole.  I listen to hikers a lot...I have ample
time  and opportunity to do so, and when the PCTA is mentioned, you're the
person  those folks name as, in most cases, the only one in that office
they've  ever talked to.  That you take the time to answer/get the answers  
to
the questions they have.  That others may have hiked the  trail/parts of the
trail too, but that you* really know*!. Whomever made  the decision to
eliminate your position (and you) must not have a clue how  many folks may
well reconsider the gift they were about to make and just  pay their dues
instead.   What a shame!  What a  loss!
Love you dearly....,
FireFly (aka Georgi Heitman, for those who  don't know me as well as you do)
P.S.  I understand a bit about the  world of 'modern business', but you in
your position have done so much to  'market and sell' your agency...I think
the powers-that-be need to do some  re-thinking about the elimination of a
position (to say nothing of the  person in that position) that has created 
so
much good well (and possibly  the $$ that follow) for so many years.  The
funds you and your  position have raised over the years just by doing what
you've done may not  be huge flash-in-the-pan kind of grants that make for
good headlines in the  Communicator, the one of a kind stuff?...but in the
long haul add up in  loyal membership and gift-giving that continues over
years to come.   Great Office Managers make for smooth-running offices, for
that  matter.  Good luck without one...or maybe O.M is part of the  job
description for the new fund  raiser?
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