Coffs Ex-Services Computer Club

Hi all,

Last night I delivered a report to the Ex-Services Club Sports Committee basically outlining the events of the past year or so, and asking for clarification of the board's attitude to the computer club (we already know what the club management's attitude is).

You can download the report from http://computerclub.cex.com.au/sites/computerclub.cex.com.au/files/Sports%20Committee%20Report%20August%202008.pdf

So things are going to start happening. I've already got an email from the club's IT manager denying ever receiving any email from me.

The situation is that the club has every right to shut us down for not fulfilling our administrative requirements over the last few years, and as I see it their options are:

- To help us get back on our feet

- To show us the door

Personally, I don't feel that the Coffs Ex-Services Club is the kind of organisation that I want to be associated with any more, and it wouldn't break my heart to have to find a new venue. It would probably also be easier than trying to meet the club's requirements, and continuing to deal with neglect and/or hostility from club staff and management. However, I'm with Max in seeing my role as a caretaker, and my responsibility is to keep this going as long as I can so that others can make a decision on the club's future out of choice rather than necessity.

This is not a job that I've been enjoying lately. I'm not a people person by nature, and I really don't cope well with conflict. My ulcers have ulcers, and I'm having trouble focussing on my work today. So if there is anything you think I should be doing but am not, or am doing but I shouldn't please let me know. I certainly don't know what I'm doing. I've defined my resonsibilities in the club very narrowly, and it's disappointing to find I'm not meeting the low standard of success that I set for myself. As Dylan Moran says, your potential is like your bank balance - you've always got much less than you think.

Matthew.