[NJARC] The Meeting Lasted Too Long - And Other Gripes

[Mbeeferman at cs.com]

I have some gripes of my own:

1.  I am thoroughly upset at Al Klase by moving the auction along so quickly 
and efficiently...how dare you make the rest of us look so bad!  And it seems 
like you're the only one volunteering as auctioneer...what's your real agenda, 
Al?
2.  I am thoroughly upset at Dave Sica, Richard Lee et al for getting such a 
nice auction together, especially for those of us who don't get a chance to 
get to many... how dare you make the rest of us look so so guilty!
3.  I am thoroughly upset at Ray and Edith Chase for handling the logistics 
of the auction so well;  what are you guys trying to prove by all the volunteer 
work you do?  
4.  I am thoroughly upset at Phil Vourtsis by adding a little humor and local 
interest to our meeting via his little story...how dare you make the rest of 
us look like bumps on a log!
5.  I am thoroughly upset at Dave Sica by broadcasting the meeting on the 
World Wide (yes, I said World Wide) web...in the future, please keep your 
techno-geek stuff from interferring in my ability to accumulate more stuff!
6.  I am thoroughly upset at Dave Sica with his very creative look at the 
layout of Camp Evans...don't you understand that creativity distracts from our 
ability to concentrate on the upcoming bid process!
7.  I am thoroughly upset with Richard Lee, hawking his club jackets and hats 
and taking away from valuable auction time...what do you think this is, 
Richard....a flea market?
8.  I am thoroughly upset with Sarnoff Library Executive Director Alex Magoun 
who, although, at times, we miss the 10:00 PM cutoff, is a gentleman about it 
and uses "friendly persuasion" to remind us.  What are you trying to do 
Alex...make the rest of us look bad? 
9.  I am thoroughly upset by the guys who run the 50/50...I've never won the 
damn thing so why are you wasting my time?
10.  I am thoroughly upset by Rick Weingarten et al getting the coffee ready 
and going out and buying cookies, soda, etc....and then complain that they 
have to clean up my mess.  What are you Suzy Homemakers trying to prove?
11.  And finally - Maybe we need to work out some of the problems we have 
with time management at our meetings.  It seems that this is something we can 
easily work out.