We, the membership of the Washtenaw Alano Club, being surprised and disturbed by recent actions taken by the WAC Board of Directors, hereby call a Special Membership Meeting with the Board to air our concerns. Of particular note, we object to the efforts of the Board to disenfranchise membership through elimination of dues, as well as the rebranding efforts of our beloved Washtenaw Alano Club.
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July 31, 2015
THE STORIES I AM HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY POWERFUL!! WE ARE BUILDING MASSIVE MOMENTUM TO HOLD THE BOARD ACCOUNTABLE FOR DISMANTLING OUR CLUB!! KEEP THE ENERGY HIGH BECAUSE THIS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER!!
July 31, 2015
THE MOMENTUM BEHIND THIS MOVEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEMANDS REAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!!
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July 31, 2015
57 Comments
If revenue's were at an all time low through membership and rent from AA groups, how did all the debt get paid off in the last few years? This is information from maple rock website. Also I hear to be a board member you must be a large contributor? hmmm
Rebranding or changing the nature of the ALANO facility without the agreement of the club's members is totally unacceptable and inappropriate. To presume to dismiss or preempt the ALANO Club's original mission is gross overreach.
The W. A. C. was very instrumental in my recovery. Without the support of the membership, and the safety of the environment, that the club provided, I would not have 13 years of sobriety today. To remove an institution, that has worked for so many, is ludicrous.
The recent actions by the Executive Director and Advisory Board of the WAC to change - without notice or input from members, or transparency - the name of the club, and its direction is against the principals, traditions and concepts of the program, as well as the guidelines put out by A.A. with relationship to any/all Alano Clubs.
I am deeply disturbed by the name maple rock which seems to hint at crack; while "club" is not ambiguous to anyone who has been in the community since its inception over 30 years ago!
This whole situation is destroying the whole atmosphere of recovery at the CLUB. So many of us got sober at the club, found it to be our safe haven, and called it home. This is destroying all this for us. Bring the Club back!!
Bring back WAC! The WAC was about helping others recover from Alcoholism and where the members had voting rights and when it was a self supporting, non accepting of outside contributions. This is how AA successfully works now and since the beginning. Ron Pluckett is about lining his pockets. Greed is what took our country to our knees in 2008 and Ron's new model will only kill people instead of saving lives.
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We, the membership of the Washtenaw Alano Club, being surprised and disturbed by recent actions taken by the WAC Board of Directors, hereby call a Special Membership Meeting with the Board to air our concerns. Of particular note, we object to the efforts of the Board to disenfranchise membership through elimination of dues, as well as the rebranding efforts of our beloved Washtenaw Alano Club.
Updates
July 31, 2015
THE STORIES I AM HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY POWERFUL!! WE ARE BUILDING MASSIVE MOMENTUM TO HOLD THE BOARD ACCOUNTABLE FOR DISMANTLING OUR CLUB!! KEEP THE ENERGY HIGH BECAUSE THIS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER!!
July 31, 2015
THE MOMENTUM BEHIND THIS MOVEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEMANDS REAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!!
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July 31, 2015
57 Comments
I was a member of the board in the early 1980's. Those board members along all the membership, worked our tails off to keep a club available to ALL its members. We were very transparent at that time. apparently this board lacks the one thing that has kept this club together, over the years. Honesty!
If revenue's were at an all time low through membership and rent from AA groups, how did all the debt get paid off in the last few years? This is information from maple rock website. Also I hear to be a board member you must be a large contributor? hmmm
Rebranding or changing the nature of the ALANO facility without the agreement of the club's members is totally unacceptable and inappropriate. To presume to dismiss or preempt the ALANO Club's original mission is gross overreach.
The W. A. C. was very instrumental in my recovery. Without the support of the membership, and the safety of the environment, that the club provided, I would not have 13 years of sobriety today. To remove an institution, that has worked for so many, is ludicrous.
The recent actions by the Executive Director and Advisory Board of the WAC to change - without notice or input from members, or transparency - the name of the club, and its direction is against the principals, traditions and concepts of the program, as well as the guidelines put out by A.A. with relationship to any/all Alano Clubs.
I am deeply disturbed by the name maple rock which seems to hint at crack; while "club" is not ambiguous to anyone who has been in the community since its inception over 30 years ago!
This whole situation is destroying the whole atmosphere of recovery at the CLUB. So many of us got sober at the club, found it to be our safe haven, and called it home. This is destroying all this for us. Bring the Club back!!
Bring back WAC! The WAC was about helping others recover from Alcoholism and where the members had voting rights and when it was a self supporting, non accepting of outside contributions. This is how AA successfully works now and since the beginning. Ron Pluckett is about lining his pockets. Greed is what took our country to our knees in 2008 and Ron's new model will only kill people instead of saving lives.
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I was a member of the board in the early 1980's. Those board members along all the membership, worked our tails off to keep a club available to ALL its members. We were very transparent at that time. apparently this board lacks the one thing that has kept this club together, over the years. Honesty!