Thread Number: 1524
Bisons "gear drive"? |
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Post# 15539   6/27/2007 at 19:02 (6,138 days old) by dial-a-matic ()   |   | |
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How does the Bison Gear drive work? Does it have anything to do with the agitator or is it through the motor? Thank You!!!! -a- |
Post# 15545 , Reply# 1   6/27/2007 at 20:06 (6,138 days old) by decade80 ()   |   | |
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i don't know.....just go to instant message on myspace because im bored. |
Post# 15592 , Reply# 3   6/28/2007 at 17:10 (6,137 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA)   |   | |
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The time has come for me to voice my opinion on matters that have faced the VCCC in my term as president. For those of you who may have read Clay Floyd’s post to the current Bison thread referring to the board and myself as the “convention Nazis,” I would like to take this opportunity to explain all the matters at hand. First off to set the record straight, the board and no one else is aware of me writing this post. It has been said by a few that I am a puppet to others within the club. This is not the case nor has it ever been. I speak my mind freely and think freely for myself, with that being said, I will continue. The reason the committee and I felt it important the Clay not be featured as the guest speaker this year is very complicated. For those who may not be aware, Tom Gasko was put on a one year suspension from all club activities. This was due to several very poor postings he placed not only on the new website but on the old site as well. Tom does not approve of this site being an open site. The board asked very kindly that he not post using strong racist and sexually implying remarks. Those who are minors were also a heated topic with Tom. However, the membership voted to allow minors in our group and on the forum as well. He not only was asked once but on several occasions. To make matters worse he then had a couple of other people posting on his behalf as well. The board had no other choice as we felt that with an open forum we need to conduct ourselves in a proper manor. Tom finally broke away and decided to start his own club. Clay was asked to be president of Tom’s new club and has since resigned from that position. Tom also requested his Dyson be returned to him. He indicated that it was not a gift to the club but rather his machine. The board voted to return the vacuum to Tom even though there are records of him stating that it was a gift to the club. During this whole time frame of the bad postings we received word from another vac forum webmaster indicating that he too had asked Tom to stop posting and blocked him from that site as well. This did not end there, we later had to deal with one of Tom’s club members coming in through a back door of our site and posting some very awful comments on as many threads as possible before we were able to shut him down. Since then we have received several emails from concerned members of Tom’s club with items that are being discussed there. None of our board has access nor do we want access to their site. One of the last emails we received indicated that Clay would be using racist remarks while doing his presentation just to make us angry and see what we would do at the convention to stop him. Now you will be lead to believe that the board voted Tom out illegally by not having a majority vote… well nothing could be further from the truth and we have documents to prove this. Clay has not accepted the fact that he has been out voted on many issues dealing with Tom and others that have been causing problems. This situation is really no different from a situation that occurred at the St. Louis convention and a member was removed from membership for bad behavior. I was elected by the majority of the membership to help keep this club moving forward and I believe that we have done just that this year. We now have a wonderfully designed forum that is open to all to who will abide by the rules. As a result of that forum we have gained several new members into the club. Club business has been handled in a very timely and efficient manor. Your board has worked very hard to get us where we are today and I don’t feel that we can let one or two people drag us down. It has been a struggle this year and I have only touched on items very lightly. There comes a point when a board has to act on issues and move forward. Some will not agree and leave, but I hope that you as members and readers to this forum feel that we are looking out for the best interest of the membership as a whole. Your board is a wonderful group of people that truly care about the direction this club takes. The Omaha convention promises to be one of the best in this clubs history. Morgan |
Post# 15598 , Reply# 6   6/28/2007 at 20:29 (6,137 days old) by ian88 ()   |   | |
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Come on guys, my post..who can honestly say they are with me eh? you know it makes sense ;p Ian |
Post# 15657 , Reply# 9   6/29/2007 at 17:55 (6,136 days old) by compactc9 ()   |   | |
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I would also like to thank board members RJ Vanik and Clay Floyd for what they hav contributed. |
Post# 15664 , Reply# 11   6/29/2007 at 22:07 (6,136 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA)   |   | |
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Matt, You are more than welcome. We want this place to be a friendly safe place to share our hobby. Most of us have been teased and picked on by others for enjoying our hobby as children and young adults. Slang terms, racist remarks are no longer an accepted behavior. Those of us who work for companies and who are perhaps as yourself still attending school are reminded daily of these policies. Jokes that are hurtful, mean spirited now can be taken as threats ever since 9/11. We all must be aware that as we are now a public forum we have many different people watching and reading. That is what your board is trying to accomplish. |