Larry Bugg
04-23-2011, 10:51 PM
This letter was emailed to the NADA membership. I wanted to share it here on Simply also.
NADA Update
Most of you are probably aware that over the last few days there has been some turmoil with the NADA BOD. I am sending you this letter to let you know that the BOD is taking the necessary steps to put this behind us and move forward.
Late Tuesday afternoon John Nicholson who was the President of NADA posted his resignation on the NADA forum and the Simplydiscus.com forum. A short time later we received the resignation of Jim Hall our Treasurer. This action took us all by surprise because there had been no discussion of any existing problems with the Board. Over the next 24 to 48 hours it became apparent that there were internal issues between John and Jim that caused both of the resignations. The remainder of the NADA BOD has remained intact and is committed to serving its members. According to the by-laws of NADA, as Vice President, I will now be taking on the position of President of NADA.
We are currently finalizing our sponsorship agreement with the ACA and Capital Cichlid Association and hope to have that completed in the next week or so. NADA will be providing a speaker for the ACA convention. We will also have a sponsors table set up where we will be able to promote our organization and the 2012 NADA Convention and Show.
I want to assure you that NADA and SEDE are committed to moving forward with the planning of our 2012 NADA Convention and Show which will be held in Atlanta on June 22 - 24, 2012. We hope to have our first fund raising raffle starting in the coming weeks. Keep a look out for these raffles. We will be raffling some very nice Discus and maybe some other surprises. You won't want to miss out on these opportunities.
In June the election cycle for our NADA officers and BOD comes up. We will have the following positions open for nominations, Vice President, Treasurer, and 3 BOD slots. Please start giving some serious consideration of who you think would make good candidates to fill these positions. Along with these openings we are also looking for someone with website production skills that can help us with our NADA site and forum and in particular with setting up the site for the raffles and Convention. If you know someone who has these skills please get in touch with me or any of the Board members so we can talk with them.
Again, I want to assure you that your BOD is hard at work and looking forward to the opportunities we have ahead of us to continue to promote this hobby that we all love. Please feel free to reach out to any of us if you have ideas, concerns or just want to talk a little discus. . If you can't sign on to the NADA forum or you have lost your password please send us an email
Larry Bugg
NADA Update
Most of you are probably aware that over the last few days there has been some turmoil with the NADA BOD. I am sending you this letter to let you know that the BOD is taking the necessary steps to put this behind us and move forward.
Late Tuesday afternoon John Nicholson who was the President of NADA posted his resignation on the NADA forum and the Simplydiscus.com forum. A short time later we received the resignation of Jim Hall our Treasurer. This action took us all by surprise because there had been no discussion of any existing problems with the Board. Over the next 24 to 48 hours it became apparent that there were internal issues between John and Jim that caused both of the resignations. The remainder of the NADA BOD has remained intact and is committed to serving its members. According to the by-laws of NADA, as Vice President, I will now be taking on the position of President of NADA.
We are currently finalizing our sponsorship agreement with the ACA and Capital Cichlid Association and hope to have that completed in the next week or so. NADA will be providing a speaker for the ACA convention. We will also have a sponsors table set up where we will be able to promote our organization and the 2012 NADA Convention and Show.
I want to assure you that NADA and SEDE are committed to moving forward with the planning of our 2012 NADA Convention and Show which will be held in Atlanta on June 22 - 24, 2012. We hope to have our first fund raising raffle starting in the coming weeks. Keep a look out for these raffles. We will be raffling some very nice Discus and maybe some other surprises. You won't want to miss out on these opportunities.
In June the election cycle for our NADA officers and BOD comes up. We will have the following positions open for nominations, Vice President, Treasurer, and 3 BOD slots. Please start giving some serious consideration of who you think would make good candidates to fill these positions. Along with these openings we are also looking for someone with website production skills that can help us with our NADA site and forum and in particular with setting up the site for the raffles and Convention. If you know someone who has these skills please get in touch with me or any of the Board members so we can talk with them.
Again, I want to assure you that your BOD is hard at work and looking forward to the opportunities we have ahead of us to continue to promote this hobby that we all love. Please feel free to reach out to any of us if you have ideas, concerns or just want to talk a little discus. . If you can't sign on to the NADA forum or you have lost your password please send us an email
Larry Bugg