Los Angeles, Sept. 16, 2019
Dear Frustrated Member,
It’s about time! It’s about time someone writes a letter addressing this issue. I read your letter several times; I love it, concise, direct and to the point.
Everywhere I look at the Club, I see respect and respected members, including on the WhatsApp channels. You wouldn’t see nor hear of all the direct messaging and phone calls that the moderators do behind the scenes; you are seeing the reprimanding that the moderators do (you call reprimanding, I call directing) because some members repeatedly post irrelevant matters. At two different luncheons the rules and regulations were announced; and numerous times the moderators tried to explain the rules and regulations on the chats. On the other hand, you are right we should have it written accurately and then circulate it among the members. At the end, it boils down to common sense, what to post and what not to. (The Rules & Regulations are being published in today’s newsletter.)
As far as your suggestion of adding another channel, it’s a valid one and the Board will take it into serious consideration.
Now, to sit in the shade and feel frustrated is easy. To sit in the shade and write an anonymous letter criticizing the moderators is easy. To keep an eye on the chats and try to regulate is the difficult part, don’t forget that these moderators are volunteers and same as you have businesses to run.
There is Hope, please I invite you to join a committee, any committee, or even run for a seat on the Board (It will be pleasure, personally, to add your name on the list), and then you will see them working and sweating tirelessly for the advancement of the Club and its members. And maybe next time, before you criticize (though some of it is constructive) what the Club and its moderators are not doing, you would ask yourself what you are doing for the Club.
-Tony Ayvazian
