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I’ve deliberated a great deal about posting here. I feel damned if I do, but disappointed in myself if I take the easy way out and keep my mouth shut. How can I express my concerns without it upsetting my Garrison commanders and the current staff? Yet if I say nothing that feels irresponsible as well. So here I go…
This announcement troubles me greatly. As a former CO and XO of Endor Base before Kyle and Diana’s term, I worked extremely hard to bridge any gaps between GGG and Endor Base to facilitate and establish a partnership for group trooping. Relations were very good between our two clubs. Understandably, this news hits very close to home for me on multiple fronts. So I have a few questions in regards to this statement: “The trend of peer clubs members, or in some case those who are supposed to be leaders of other clubs, posting disrespectful statements misleading information, half truths and blatant lies has gotten out of hand over the years. The Golden Gate Garrison has no choice but to distance ourselves in order to insulate the club from any further damage.”
Why not contact said leaders of Rebel Legion who have allegedly posted disrespectful statements, misleading information, or lies and address the specific instances (or if it is a member you have concern about, contact leadership about that member)? As far as I’m aware not one leader of Endor Base has been contacted about this behavior prior to this announcement, nor given the opportunity to address it, correct it, or explain their point of view? Perhaps what one person considers a lie for example, is a severe misunderstanding which could be sorted out with a phone call?
Especially considering one or two leaders of Endor Base (if you count myself as Base Membership Officer that makes two) are actually GGG members? Our Charity officer and PR officer are also GGG members. I would hope that rather than close off communication, you could open a dialogue for resolution first. Stating that Kyle and Diana had a partnership dialogue with Endor Base 3 years ago is not the here and now. What’s been done this year? What’s being done now? I understand conflict resolution is not easy, but I don’t believe isolationism is the answer either. Lack of communication seems to only make things worse over time. So if there really is a dream to partner with peer organizations, please take the time to open that dialogue and *maintain* that dialogue (as difficult as I know it can be) rather than shut the door. Thanks 🙂
In reply to: **Run CLOSED** GGG- Tie Pilot Design
This was a great charity community event which raised money to care for the zoo animals as well as funds for endangered animal research in various parts of the world. I arrived at 8:15 and roamed the zoo with another TIE pliot, gunner and TK from 9:00am to about 10:30. I was then asked to be part of the “Breakfast with the Empire” where we entertained people at a special paid charity fundraiser breakfast by walking up to each table to meet the guests and take photos. (Kind of like a Disney character breakfast!). I dressed down from my TIE armor at 11:30am after the breakfast to have a lunch break with my family and switched to RL X-wing pilot for my afternoon shift. The Zoo staff was great, they gave each of my family members a wristband pass and there was more than enough food (plenty of leftovers after we were done for the day) for us to all have lunch together in the school auditorium. My niece and nephew loved the special back stage treatment and taking photos with so many characters at the zoo. This year the zoo built very sturdy professional backdrops like Jabba’s palace + Han in carbonite, a Tatooine set perfect for the Sand Troopers, Jawas and Tusken Raiders, and an Endor Bunker with speeder bike people could climb on for photos (perfect for photo ops with Bikers Scouts and Endor Troopers). I’ve posted photos here: https://www.facebook.com/RebelLegionEndorBase/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1524559441000629
In reply to: Member data base?
Thanks! Eventually it would be nice to get our own data base back up in the form we used to have it, organized by costume type. That way I could easily find let’s say, another officer costumer or TIE costumer to ask a question… or when I was writing up a mission report back in the day for a troop and may not have had a complete list of names I could find people based on costume. Again, maybe I’m the only weird one who found our old data base and the way we organized it by costume actually handy and used it multiple times to find members 🙂
