Net54baseball 9th Annual National Dinner- Friday August 5th

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Leon

Actually, that is not a bad question. There is a handful of folks that have been banned from this board. I said all "members" are invited. When you look below a USER ID of someone that has been banned it doesn't say "member" it says "banned"....therefore they are not a member, in my mind. That being said I will make a case by case decision on those few individuals. If Bruce (or his brother Archive) want to come to the Dinner, and he won't spread little pieces of paper around the room saying how terrible I am, then he can come to. I imagine he will be back on the board at some point in the future too.

The way the Dinner got going again is by having one sponsor being the "Gold" sponsor and that sponsor is going to be Heritage Auctions. Make no mistake, it is still a Net54baseball dinner just as it always has been. Hopefully there will be other sponsors too but for right now it is being done due to Heritage and our other banner advertisers who pay money every month for their ads to be on the board. Without those banners and Heritage's sponsorship I am not sure we would have been able to get it done as six hours of open bar and food isn't too cheap for 175-200 folks. For anyone that has been to one of these you know it's a blast. I am looking forward to it. best regards

Whether it's intentional or accidental, Bruce, et al., are no longer "Banned." They are back to being a "Member."


http://www.net54baseball.com/member.php?u=276

[GaryPassamonte]

Leon,
Is Legendary having their auction Friday, 8/5?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

Whether it's intentional or accidental, Bruce, et al., are no longer "Banned." They are back to being a "Member."


http://www.net54baseball.com/member.php?u=276

What happened is that the banishment was for a short period and was entered into the system as such. Then Brucii started sending private emails concerning me and the banishment was supposed to be made to be indefinite. It has been corrected. He would have been back on the board long ago had he just not sent those immature emails to a group of fellow hobbyists. I had never done anything to him and even stuck up for him when others wanted him gone long ago. As I said, if there are no more immature emails sent I would think he will be permitted back, if he wants to come back, in the not too distant future.

Gary- Yes, Legendary is still having their live auction on Friday. Any board member going to it, that RSVP's for our dinner, is more than welcome to come over to the Net54 party afterwards. I am even making special arrangements so the party will end later than 12am...so those folks can come over if they want to and still have time to hoot and holler. Doug is a board member, as well as some of his company staff, and they are welcome to come over too, if they would like to and RSVP.

The dinner had to be Thursday or Friday if we were going to have one. So, the choice was made to have it on Friday. best regards

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Leon

What happened is that the banishment was for a short period and was entered into the system as such. Then Brucii started sending private emails concerning me and the banishment was supposed to be made to be indefinite. It has been corrected. He would have been back on the board long ago had he just not sent those immature emails to a group of fellow hobbyists. I had never done anything to him and even stuck up for him when others wanted him gone long ago. As I said, if there are no more immature emails sent I would think he will be permitted back, if he wants to come back, in the not too distant future.

That's what I figured. Despite my long running problems with Bruce, I voted that he not be banned, or even suspended. Of course, that was before he went all "lawsuit threatening" on you.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

That's what I figured. Despite my long running problems with Bruce, I voted that he not be banned, or even suspended. Of course, that was before he went all "lawsuit threatening" on you.

Honestly, and the other 3 moderators can confirm it, I never really wanted him banned or suspended. After his last tirade, and the fact he was STILL on probation for the same thing, I had to do what I had to do. It's sort of a kin to continue warning your child they will be disciplined and then never doing it. It becomes a joke to them. I would like to see Brucii back on the board.....He has a lot to contribute when he wants to. I could do without his "wealth" shpeel but that is his personality.


As for threats of lawsuits, I get them frequently. It comes with the territory. They don't make me have a happy day but they aren't that big of a deal. I have a pretty good feel for my boundaries. They are the same as everyone else's. People that don't know the law always think I am personally responsible for what gets said on the board. I know I am not though. regards

[barrysloate]

I spoke to Bruce yesterday and he seemed to be in good spirits. Maybe he is on the road to return to the board.

[Rich Klein]

If we were going to bring back Bruce; he should have returned last month -- we could have used the extra boost for the February sweeps

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

If we were going to bring back Bruce; he should have returned last month -- we could have used the extra boost for the February sweeps

We might have missed the sweeps but as anyone logged in can see, yesterday at 12:47pm we had the most users ever on the board at once:

"Most users ever online was 269, Yesterday at 12:47 PM."

Was there some drama or something I missed?