Some on the VCA Forum Staff brought this thread to my attention and asked me to chime in, so here it goes.....
Yes, we decided to let the forums "go" a little bit. I think people speaking their mind is great, we just don't want any personal attacks on anyone.
And as far as the JonB situation... most of you have probably seen some of my emails to the *** that were leaked and copied/pasted over on the Alley. I offered the "olive branch" to JonB on my own. I've spoken to JonB on the phone quite a number of times this year as well as through emails, and even invited him to some of our VCA Ohio Regional events. I just wanted to get things put back together with him and the club. And although I didn't quite agree with the way things were handled on the either the JonB or VCA sides, Ralph wanted things patched up, and that was OK with me. I also had talks with Tedd from Viper Garage on my own.
I asked the VCA Forums Staff to ease up on as some refer to as the "scortched earth policy" on JonB. I had talked to some of the moderators awhile back as they also wanted to ease up on this too, but this week we had the backing to do something about it.
As many people have found out, JonB and I are alot alike. JonB was hurt, and I get that. All of us have been hurt at sometime in our lives by people who we thought were our friends. As some of you have seen, especially on the forums, when I get pushed, I push back twice as hard. JonB is the same way and I understand that.
I have no problem with JonB coming back into the club, and he'll tell you that. I want our Viper family back together, all of us. But I can't do it alone. Everyone has to get on board. We have to say enough is enough and work to bring this club back.
Big changes are coming, and it is going to take all of us to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. There will be a few cracks or scars, but we have to fix our family the best we can and move forward.
Some of us are so passionate about this club/family because to a lot us it is the only family we have.
I think we'll have JonB, Tedd, and many of our VCA family back in this club sooner than you think.
Regards,
Randall
OOPS! I forgot.
FREE JONB, Tedd, and anyone else!
. At least that was what I was accused of by Chris M when I questioned some of the VCA policies long before Jon was even suspended. I also had a similar experience working with Jon - good but not great - kinda meh - and really resented the accusation by Chris. It was clear to me that there was a genuine dislike of Jon by Chris - so it is crazy to think that Chris or any of his henchman (Marv) could have been anywhere near objective in their decision to re-ban him again.
