Posted 09/26/06
From Mark Daul ~
RE: About the Anglers News & Views & My Quitting my jobs
Please note:
Just so we are all on the same page, a column in your current News &
Views [Sept/Oct '06] was re-edited by your interim president without even
considering the N & V Editor which as been me for many many years.
Because of a rift that the president manufactured with me, he decided to
take upon himself to edit my editorial which was an explanation to
the membership and all others concerned, for the reasons I voluntarily
gave up my duties in the Association. It was because of the example shown
by re-editing that I had to finally give up and give in to the antics of
your temporary president and his sidekick, the new treasurer.
If you read the interim presidents story
on page one, left hand column you will see first off how in the
article how false that story is. There was an attempt to praise me for my
work and tell a story about this and that. What a bunch of crap from
someone who has done his best to demean me for the last several years. The
man has the nickname of "Mr. Negative" behind his back, of
course, from some people and even some that he calls friends.
I warned the entire board and other
officers there would be
consequences if my article was edited or fooled with in any way. It was
messed with and I am not going to stand still for it. I am not the only
one disgruntled, I am the only one with enough balls to stand up and say
what is on my mind.
Take the time as long as
you are here to read my true factual editorial that was
to be printed in the September/October News & Views. Let me also tell
you that you will hear from board members that that was not appropriate
content for our News & Views. I disagree, especially after the harassment
I have received from your temporary interim president. I have ignored it
for the most part so ask yourself, how much would you take and still sit
still. ?????????????????...." What goes around, comes around"
Starting here is
for those that need a very very brief update:
As of September 13th I no
longer have any volunteer duties with the Niagara River Anglers
Association Inc. of which I am a founder, lifetime member and now former
News & Views Editor and Web Site Administrator. After several months
of haggling with the newly appointed temporary president and his "in
the pocket guy," the treasurer, I reluctantly quit my
duties. I gave up on the constant haggling and listening to lies from
someone who should be a leader of our great organization but is far from
it. Some of you ought to take your horse blinders off and see the real
light. The dissention
and negativism is too much of a cross to bear by me. I have been embarrassed
publicly, at meetings, on the forum, and will not stand for it any longer.
I was the guy that wrote the first News
& Views newsletter in 1982 not a "young couple" as stated in
the redone editorial. It was done with a hand from our first President
John DeLorenzo and I have done it for much of our 24 years of history. The
following year around 1983, I designed our cover much like it is today.
The rounded "NIAGARANGLERS" logo letters were done from paste up
letters bought in the old Ulbrich's store in the Summit Park Mall.
The rest was typewritten by the "hunt & peck" system. Never
did learn how to type any other way. It's still hunt 'n peck.
Along came the computer age and in the
year 2000 I built the Niagara River Anglers website from scratch. It was
the best website of its kind anywhere. [and still is for the time being]
This summer 2006, it amassed over 105,000 visitors in that short of time.
There must have been a reason.
Now the September/October News
& Views was compromised by our overzealous temporary president of the
Niagara River Anglers Association because he couldn't let the members know
the truth about how he blatantly attempted to "FIRE"
me. I tried meeting with the man by sending a letter directly to him
stating I would like to meet somewhere with him so we could "iron
things out" and get on a smooth understanding so the Association
isn't harmed with infighting. Nope. Needless to say, my request went
ignored even after reminding him of that fact, I was still ignored.
"I will not stand still"
The September/October News & Views was dreadfully late
because
the new temporary prez did not want you to know what I said in my
editorial. the temp prez had to re-edit it to suit himself so he doesn't
look bad and hide behind the disguise of doing it so not to harm the
Association. Ha! Baloney, he just can't stand to tell the truth
about this matter or hear it
either, as a matter of fact. The News & Views was sent to the printers
on September 6 so you would have it on time to learn about the Fish
Odyssey and the Wildlife Festival. By the time you got it those things
were all over with.
Read the last sentence of the temp
prez's column. It says "We will miss you"
Hogwash. What a lie that is! I had to go to
the emergency room to get my stomach pumped out when I saw that because I
was choking from laughing so hard.
MY EDITORIAL AS IT WAS WRITTEN:
Exactly,
word for word;
From The Editor …To our Members
by Mark Daul
Recently I
have been under pressure from the president and your new treasurer to
resign my "volunteer" position as N & V Editor and Web
Administrator for reasons only they can attempt to explain. In fact
"resign" is not really the word I have had used against me.
There was an attempt as the president put it; to "Fire Mark
Daul" [exact words] this came about at the March board meeting
and the board would not allow it. The vote was 9 for keeping me and 2
[two] to "fire" me. So I stayed on and did my job anyway, up
until now.
At the September
Board meeting I reluctantly quit doing the things for this organization
that I have done for a solid 24 years. Yup, twenty-four years. You name it
and I did it!
I must apologize to all the membership for my
actions and to lose contact with friends I have kept with all this time is
certainly a sad time for me.
Your president, and your treasurer can explain
everything to you but watch out for the half-truths. If you would like the
real story, email me at
[Click Here] or phone me 745-7818 and I
will give you answers to questions you may have so you can decide for
yourself. I will not be anyone's puppet or a goat for anyone. Never have,
never will.
I know for a fact there are a very small
percentage of our members that are web fanatics so there are a select few
that keep up with things on our message board and those that have, do you
think the language expressed against me there was fair?
No More snarling, punitive, sinister, bitterly
sarcastic, lying remarks for me. Sorry members, and to the board members
that have supported me. …... Good luck to the next person doing this
volunteer job.
Thank you all for your support and the positive
comments from you over the years. I loved every minute!
…Mark Daul
If you members that are aware of this, and
will be honest with yourself you will agree that I am telling it the way
it is. Nothing harsh like I would have liked to tell it, just the plain
facts. There is no love lost here.
I would like elaborate
on a point to the people reading this, if you remember
right, there were some people who sided with the interim prez while he was
jibber jabbering on the forum about "Who's the prez?" That was
pretty laughable for a while until I was told, "hey Mark why don't
you get up off your ass and ......blah blah blah...." Now it
was getting personal and I deleted that entire post on Friday May 26th at
12:12 pm. [I have the records] NOW those same guys criticized me for
removing the post because they were hiding behind the forum and using
phony names. I would like you to know, I save everything and I did save
those posts and if I feel like printing them here, I will. Just think I
even may have looked up and saved your IP address too! Ill let you know
later. Did you ever figure out who the author was by the name
of "just wondering?" I did, on the second post. Lets just
call the person Jackass. Oh, by the way, just wondering, that person can't
spell
worth a crap if you noticed.
Definition: A JACKASS IS: A person (s) of dubious intent and/or unintelligent or
moronic action (s). [adv.] jackassery,
actions befitting a jackass or herd of jackass.
While we are focusing on the forum, I would like to remind the people
that use it, there was a posting by the treasurer a little while back
about the cost of the News & Views and in it, it said "you do the
math". Another post by the treasurer after Don Supon asked the
members for their input was "Are we working as individuals now Don?
Or as a club?" [real friendly eh?] "Why ask the members to
send their thoughts and input to you?" it continued...."The cost
of our newsletter keeps rising and it's costing our members the majority
of their dues." ........ The answer to that is if you figure like the
treasurer, it will always cost the majority of members dues. I NEVER EVER
heard one complaint about that from the members in all my 24 years. It's
all a "make Mark Daul look bad" thing......
What your
treasurer did not factor in that assumption was the value of the receipts
from our advertiser's. As of right this moment, that value
exceeds $4,000.00 and to date, as of right now, $2,370.00 of that money is
in the bank to be used for offsetting News & Views costs. $2,370.00
divided by 5 News & Views issues = $474.00 an
issue credit towards the cost. Assuming your News & Views cost $1,200.00
an issue including postage, break that down and the un-distorted News
& Views factual cost from your dues is $7.26 for the year! Oh,
don't forget, in that total, there are complimentary issues handed out
free. [which should be]
Who is
Bullsh*tt*ng who?
Either it was a failed effort in an attempt at demeaning
Mark Daul or the treasurer would like you to think he is perfect in every
way and only doing his job. That's what politicians do!......... These cost
of newsletter discussions have surfaced for hours at board meetings, never to
resolve anything because it is all in black & white. I'm surprised at
you JJ for falling for that
B.S. You responded, remember? I do...... In fact for a guy that never
attended a meeting you sure have a great view of things even though they
are slanted...... Stick to your EXCELLENT posts on the forum, you are a
leader there and everyone listens. Don't compromise yourself.
Now remember, take
into account advertisers that advertised last year and their advertising
money is still in effect. What that is called is overlapping 2005
and 2006.
I think you members that are reading this should ask the "powers
to be" questions and don't accept lies and walk away. get a good
answer so you don't have questions down the road. If you are a
member and an adult in good standing you should be able to tell the
difference. Ask your other board members, most won't lie to you.
There needs to be changes in the Niagara River Anglers Association if we
are to continue to exist. Think about it in December. Don't be fooled into
believing we can't do without this person or that person. We can
exist, and we can get
better and stronger.
About us and the IRS..........................
We are a 501c3 U.S. Government entity now and we are no longer
"independent" We have a partner now and that is the United
States Government Internal Revenue Service. How great do you think that
is??? Our books have to be exactly correct and from now on, we
must answer to the big guys. No room for innocent errors. It is my
understanding [I can't prove this] we just paid a fine as a late filing fee
recently to the IRS because we
didn't file some papers on time even after filing for an extension it was
still late! $$$$$ down the tube. Maybe that is what we were charged by
the accountant? I don't really know, the accountant charged us
$300.00 in June for something for a total of $400.00. Maybe this should be
questioned? I would.
I can show you how to avoid those late
charges and the accountant we hired should have known too. Time to stop
payment to the present accountant and hire another one maybe, after all,
accountants are a dime a dozen. And after all again, I'm just a garage mechanic.... so
your temporary prez says. What a bummer.
I definitely have more on all the subjects above and certainly will
elaborate more as I see fit. There are absolutely no lies, half truths or
fabrications in what I have said in this article on this page........
Bet your boat on it! Scroll down more

So Smart sez to check back soon and to bookmark this
page because as soon as we get rid of this low life stuff that is here now,
we will be putting some good stuff here that will interest all.
If you have comments, please feel free to post them
on the Outdoors Niagara Forum.
Or if you wish, email me Here
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