No worries! Jana has graciously  volunteered to take over this function for the club.

Jimmy! I love it. I’ll be asking for a re-ballot. Thank you for taking the time to be thorough.

just an FYI- a comment from a club member who is not able to post here. This was made in response to previous comments.

”This is supremely toxic management of the club’s building project.  I hope the general club population sees this as what it is, obsession, hypocrisy, incompetence, and a toxic inflated ego.  Functional management would be 1. Inside the specific shade structure cash budget  2.  Not instantly back shooting anyone else’s suggestion 3 building on positive input and accepting any and all outside suggestions with gratitude and alignment with cost cutting and club member participation, mentioning labor and material contributions, commitments by name, keeping a published record of who’s going to do what, when. People like to be involved and see their names in context of a group project.  ”

That speaks volumes about your opinion of your fellow club members.  There is a lot of talent and commitment in them to get such a job done. If one of your proposals is not chosen, will you be watching from the sidelines?

Yes. I wrote a draft grant back in March and I will not submit the final grant until we have decided on the design. The FFF will MAYBE match half of what we’ve raised (contrary to a rumor that they already stated they were committed to doubling our fundraising effort) so the more we raise ourselves, the more funding from them that might be available.
“Promises” or “unnamed potential investors” don’t count towards cash raised. Only money in the bank will be counted. So far that’s around $12,000

I like option 5. With membership doing install with their collective expertise, this won’t break our bank. $34K plus more like $15K to erect. Simple, durable.

challenge accepted.

Do you want his phone number?