In Reply to: Big Al posted by Abigail (Ladder Staff) on March 02, 2001 at 14:52:16:
: Boy, what a mess.
: I have to tell you all....I come in here and read your posts and am instantly feeling like jumping on the bandwagon to return Big Al to his Head TD position. Then I take a deep breath and go back to reading some of the reasons he was removed...mostly correspondence he had with other members of our volunteer program. It has to be said, it sounds like two different people to me. I'm at a loss.
: The Big Al you all describe sounds WONDERFUL. The Big Al that the TD Managers have had to deal with has been rude and abusive, to say the least. I cannot, in good conscience, allow ANY volunteer for Case's Ladder to be treated the way that he has treated them---especially by one of their own team. We expect that to occasionally happen from the rare bad apple member. We do not expect such treatment from those who are supposed to be arm in arm with us fighting the good fight---the fight to continue to provide a fun and fair place for Case's Ladder members to spend their time.
: From everything I have read in here I believe that Big Al had half of the equation right. The player/member half. I have to admit that IS my favorite half, but unfortunately, this is one of those situations where half is not sufficient. I want to make it very clear that while we welcome his contribution to the Ladder community we will not tolerate his (or anyone's) bad treatment of those above him in the tournament program.
: Currently he has been allowed to stay a member of the TD Team on this Ladder. I don't have a problem with that, as long as the abusive behavior stops. If the situation improves I also have no problem with revisiting his consideration for Head TD in the future. However, under no circumstances will that happen right now.
: Thank you,
: Abigail
dont know if im doing this right but here goes maybe you should come run a tourney and se how much fun it is and if you did 10% the job BIG AL has done i would be surprised
istackem