When and how did this happen? Has Mr. Goessling led a project? For that matter, are all the new replacements current members?

always asking questions I can't answer.

I believe this happened at a steering committee meeting two days ago.

Don't know what project Goessling led.

"Can't answer"? Is "can't" a four letter word in journalism? :)

I post these questions as points to consider and for any reader to answer not just you, Dave.

Back to the subject: So Ms. Reid publicly announced her resignation after the position had been filled. It's hard to be membership driven if the membership is not informed.

It would appear that her resignation and her replacement happened on the same night.

Chris,
I cannot believe you are questioning this... Metropolis paid you money to maintain Membership and you completely dropped the ball and left it in awful shape... and you've got the gaul to question the guy that actually got our membership stuff back in order for free?!? And that's found a company to rewrite the membership database (which was awful) for free...

I may not agree with everything Scott's doing, but he's doing stuff, he's active, and he's working his butt off for the organization.

Mr. Goessling did a "Behind the Scenes" at the Fox Theater, as well as the infamous VH-1 and casino projects.

Obviously, Mr. Goessling is well in touch with the needs and the very nature of attracting young people.

Excuse me, Dave O'Leary. But I formally resigned and gave them plenty of time to find a replacement. They never offered me someone to hand over the database to. They still haven't paid me for my services. I didn't design the structure of the database. I left the database in the same shape as I when I received it. All information and accounts were up to date when I resigned. I was willing to make any changes to the database that people wanted.

Got this e-mail from the Metropolist late Tuesday night. It came from a guy named Harmon Goessling (I'm thinking it's a person anyway, I could be wrong):

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This is a formal notification that Christina Reid has resigned from Metropolis. The Steering Committee was notified of her resignation and relocation to California during the last SC meeting. The board acted immediately by unanimously electing Scott Goessling as interim President until the regularly scheduled elections on July 21st.

The board also unanimously elected four new interim SC members filling recent resignations until the upcoming elections in July.

Jennifer Estes – Membership

Erica Enright – Secretary

Dave Whitman – Policy

Jen Andrews – Social

The board has already been working on plans to refocus, simplify, and streamline Metropolis and its internal and external processes and procedures. A new general meeting format will also roll out in the very near future.

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Me, for one, hopes things will somehow work out for Metropolis, as both a suppoert and a member. Guess we'll just have to see how it plays out.

Anyone know how nominations for the next election are going?

Christina Reid had been MIA for months, taking trips to California to set up housekeeping. I highly doubt that the steering committee didn't know of her intension to move earlier than the last steering committee. By the way, I heard through the grapevine that the last steering committee meeting at which Scott Goessling was "elected" the new president was a somewhat private gathering, which is why it was not posted to the Metropolist as all meeting should be.

I'm not meaning to be hateful about it, but this kind of behavior is not becoming of an organization trying to win back its members.