Important update from SSA

Text attached below:

Just kidding! You know where to find it.

So if the XCOM is planning to resign at the conclusion of this, and the
XCOM selects its members, who will be the new members and who will
select them?

A very informative message indeed. At least they're keeping us
up-to-date.

It seems clear that money has disappeared from the SSA accounts and
somewhere near $1/2 million will be needed to pay back taxes and such.
If the money can't be found and recovered, there may be no SSA for
anyone to resign from!


Mike


Terry wrote:
So if the XCOM is planning to resign at the conclusion of this, and the
XCOM selects its members, who will be the new members and who will
select them?

The message did not address the most pressing issue, which is: am I
going to receive my October Soaring on time? Or at all?


Mike the Strike wrote:
A very informative message indeed. At least they're keeping us
up-to-date.

It seems clear that money has disappeared from the SSA accounts and
somewhere near $1/2 million will be needed to pay back taxes and such.
If the money can't be found and recovered, there may be no SSA for
anyone to resign from!


Mike


Terry wrote:
So if the XCOM is planning to resign at the conclusion of this, and the
XCOM selects its members, who will be the new members and who will
select them?

Have you looked at Sailplane and Gliding? It's much
better.

At 22:12 07 September 2006, wrote:
The message did not address the most pressing issue,
which is: am I
going to receive my October Soaring on time? Or at
all?


Mike the Strike wrote:
A very informative message indeed. At least they're
keeping us
up-to-date.

It seems clear that money has disappeared from the
SSA accounts and
somewhere near $1/2 million will be needed to pay
back taxes and such.
If the money can't be found and recovered, there may
be no SSA for
anyone to resign from!


Mike


Terry wrote:
So if the XCOM is planning to resign at the conclusion
of this, and the
XCOM selects its members, who will be the new members
and who will
select them?

T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:
wrote:

Text attached below:
Just kidding! You know where to find it.

As an SSA member since 1971 I think it's stupid to limit
this information to the SSA members who actually go to the
SSA website and click on a tiny "important news" icon. I
might never have known about the seriousness of this issue
if not for the original post here. I'm grateful for that
post. Even after I knew the contents of the letter, it took
me some time to find any hint of the problem on the SSA
website.

I've reluctantly decided to honor the SSA's decision about
how they want to handle distributing this information, but I
think it's shortsighted and extremely unfair to new members.
The SSA is in trouble and we need all the friends we can
get. To gain trust, we need to be as open as possible. The
first letter was good start, but it should have been front
and center on the web page. The update letter is even
better. I'd like to see it here.
--
T o d d P a t t i s t - "WH" Ventus C
(Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.)

All SSA members have been invited numerous times to subscribe to SSA
eNews. The letter and update first arrived here by that means. Highly
recommended. The SSA eNews also provides other useful and timely
information. Once subscribed, it takes little effort to stay informed.

Frank Whiteley

Todd,

I have found the e-new very informative. It is in the members section.
http://www.ssa.org/test/members/enew...p?p1=subscribe

Wayne
HP-14 N990 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/Mackay_2006


"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
...
"Frank Whiteley" wrote:

As an SSA member since 1971

All SSA members have been invited numerous times to subscribe to SSA
eNews.

I've never received such an invite and I'm not familiar with
SSA eNews. Now that you've mentioned it, I'll hunt it up
and subscribe, but there are bound to be others who've never
heard of it. Even if that email hit every member, I'd be
opposed to the members-only policy, even if it was simply
out of fairness to potential new members and my concern that
openness serves us better in the long run.

--
T o d d P a t t i s t - "WH" Ventus C
(Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.)

I've never heard of it either.

Mike Schumann

"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
...
"Frank Whiteley" wrote:

As an SSA member since 1971

All SSA members have been invited numerous times to subscribe to SSA
eNews.

I've never received such an invite and I'm not familiar with
SSA eNews. Now that you've mentioned it, I'll hunt it up
and subscribe, but there are bound to be others who've never
heard of it. Even if that email hit every member, I'd be
opposed to the members-only policy, even if it was simply
out of fairness to potential new members and my concern that
openness serves us better in the long run.

--
T o d d P a t t i s t - "WH" Ventus C
(Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.)

Part of the problem is that financial and budget information does seem to be
shared with the members either. I looked on the SSA web site, and I can't
find anything. If the latest financial statements and budgets were posted
on the web site, even if just for members, someone might have noticed these
discrepancies a long time ago.

Mike Schumann

"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
...
wrote:

Text attached below:
Just kidding! You know where to find it.

As an SSA member since 1971 I think it's stupid to limit
this information to the SSA members who actually go to the
SSA website and click on a tiny "important news" icon. I
might never have known about the seriousness of this issue
if not for the original post here. I'm grateful for that
post. Even after I knew the contents of the letter, it took
me some time to find any hint of the problem on the SSA
website.

I've reluctantly decided to honor the SSA's decision about
how they want to handle distributing this information, but I
think it's shortsighted and extremely unfair to new members.
The SSA is in trouble and we need all the friends we can
get. To gain trust, we need to be as open as possible. The
first letter was good start, but it should have been front
and center on the web page. The update letter is even
better. I'd like to see it here.
--
T o d d P a t t i s t - "WH" Ventus C
(Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.)

The SSA, SSA Foundation and US Team Financial reporting can be found on
the SSA website he

http://www.ssa.org/members/governance/Financials.asp

If you log in as a member you can naviagte to it by choosing the
left-hand menu options The SSA Governance.

Markus

T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:
"Wayne Paul" wrote:

I have found the e-new very informative. It is in the members section.
http://www.ssa.org/test/members/enew...p?p1=subscribe

Thanks, I found it and subscribed.
--
T o d d P a t t i s t - "WH" Ventus C
(Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.)