Carlos Gonzales
New member
I have been meaning to get on this thread since Monday but have been up to my neck in "things" to do since coming back from NY.
I wanted to address a few things that have fortunately landed at my front door step over the last 48 hours.
I will start off by saying that this past weekend was just spectacular. Mathew Johnson probably took the industry a notch or two up with his event. Hands down it was planned out perfectly and well received. Mathew ~ thank you again for what you did in NY. I personally have received a couple calls today from some of the contractors there that simply were awed of your event. Again, you should be proud and the UAMCC is thankful to you for offering up the venue to LAUNCH the UAMCC.
Our intent prior to NY was to launch the UAMCC in NY. It was a logical choice and the venue was perfect for such an occasion. The TT members that attended NY had the ability to interact with the attendees in which we walked the contractors there through our slide show presentation. Our "plan", if you will, was to videotape the "announcement" of our launch on Sunday and announce we are officially open for membership on the BBS's.
At this point this is where things get a little "fuzzy". Due to conditions beyone our control we were unable to have the uamcc website completed on Sunday. Ken F. who leads the charge in this department had worked very hard to get the site up and operational. Unfortunately because of the complexity that the UAMCC site is, we as a team did not achieve our goal as originally planned.
My position at that time was that I did not feel comfortable launching "online" because we did not have a completed site to point those on the internet to for signup. Sure we had our PayPal account established but that also experienced some "bugs" in it to the extent that Rob and Ken actually had to sit down with those in NY that wanted to join and walk them through step by step.
At this time, I made the decision to hold off on announcing our launch on the internet and the BBS's ~ this was a difficult call but I also felt it was the right on. The reason being is that I just did not feel comfortable parking a half built site infront of our BBS's contractors.
The presentation by the UAMCCC in NY was hands on and live to the extent that the NY attendess drank the "UAMCC Kook-Aid" and were compelled to join. So we signed them up ~ as planned. All along we had high expectations that a Monday announcement to all of you that we are accepting membership would take place. Again, I was disappointed that Monday also proved to be a day in which the site would not go live.
It was only during this time when my phone started ringing by concerned contractors from the different BBS's expressing their questions of "why?" and "how come?". These questions are DEFINATELY justifiable. I explained or at least tried to explain what had happened.
Unfortunately the impression that was left to all of our colleagues and friends was that we (UAMCC) had purposely left out BBS members from joining. This is simply untrue.
The truth is that a series of events that lead up to this proclivity was unfortunately a domino effect of small glitches that turned into big glitches. I could not stop the glitches while I, Ken, Jeff and Rob were in NY. It just happened. For this, I am truly sorry to all of our colleagues on the boards.
We all have followed the progress of the UAMCC for many months. Our path has been traveled well and all of you deserve the same consideration that we offered the contractors in NY.
At the begining of this journey I did not nor pretended to have all the answers. This still stands today. This situation in NY caught many off guard and again I am deeply sorry if we jaded your opinions about this fine organization that ALL of us had a hand in building.
Mr. Johnson...I apologize to you for this mishap. Yes, the NE Seminar was the LAUNCH OF THE UAMCC and we do not take what happened up there lightly. I know you were hurt and disappointed that we could not follow through with the "online" announcement as we previously expected. I pray you can at least understand why I hesitated to launch "online".
For all our BBS contractors, I again apologize. I called Jeff L. today and he asked what was wrong. I simply said that "we stumpled on this launch". He agreed but he also knew of the hurdles that we as a team were facing.
Why talk about this? Well, I again feel it is only right to get this out in the open. In a perfect world we would only report on the good stuff. Well, this isn't perfect and I would like to believe that all of us can take the good and the bad. At least I hope so....
I need not to remind any of you of the huge undertaking this endeavor was. Establishing a national organization was more than what I thought it would be as I am now looking at the future of the UAMCC and I see much on the horizon that still needs to be addressed.
The Transition Team is tired....really we are. I am tired....it has been much over the last 14 months but we are still compelled to see this all the way through even after the weird way the UAMCC was launched.
Many of you have been supporting us and encouraging us to remain steadfast with our work. We thank you for that and will we will cherish these times as a once in a lifetime event.
Leadership must remain anchored with the UAMCC. And it is with that stamement that I must convey my sincerest gratitude to all of you on the BBS's that has helped this team accomplish something that has never been done before in our industry. Your bond with us was tainted over the weekend by a series of events that unfortunately caught myslef and the UAMCC off guard.
So the question is what do I do now? The site is still a few days away from being ready (Version I). Version II of the UAMCC website will soon follow.
From the late calls last night and the calls throughout the day today compels me to park the benefits in front of all of you right now. People want to know what the status is and what is going on. I must oblige that. We offered this to the contractors in NY at the launch and this must be the continuation of that.
As the title of this thread is "Bitter Sweet"...this is how I really feel. I feel miserable that I left a good friend down in NY and friends on the boards.
The most important factor here is that we want to get these benefits in your hands ASAP so that you can start using them.
This first wave of benefits will soon be followed by a 2nd wave of benefits.
Transition Team members....this announcement is the right course of action in lieu of our website release. Ken you have been killing yourself the last couple weeks getting the site perfect and I applaud you for taking on this insurmountable task.
After you join, proof of insurance is required. You can fax your ins. cert to 707.864.6076. A membership packet along with your memberships certificate will be mailed out to you.
The benefits will be posted within 24 hours for your review. I will touch base with the website build team tomorrow for an update on the site. Should the site be delayed beyond April 1st we will start accepting UAMCC Membership on April 1st without the site going live.
Stay tuned for immediate information about your membership.
I wanted to address a few things that have fortunately landed at my front door step over the last 48 hours.
I will start off by saying that this past weekend was just spectacular. Mathew Johnson probably took the industry a notch or two up with his event. Hands down it was planned out perfectly and well received. Mathew ~ thank you again for what you did in NY. I personally have received a couple calls today from some of the contractors there that simply were awed of your event. Again, you should be proud and the UAMCC is thankful to you for offering up the venue to LAUNCH the UAMCC.
Our intent prior to NY was to launch the UAMCC in NY. It was a logical choice and the venue was perfect for such an occasion. The TT members that attended NY had the ability to interact with the attendees in which we walked the contractors there through our slide show presentation. Our "plan", if you will, was to videotape the "announcement" of our launch on Sunday and announce we are officially open for membership on the BBS's.
At this point this is where things get a little "fuzzy". Due to conditions beyone our control we were unable to have the uamcc website completed on Sunday. Ken F. who leads the charge in this department had worked very hard to get the site up and operational. Unfortunately because of the complexity that the UAMCC site is, we as a team did not achieve our goal as originally planned.
My position at that time was that I did not feel comfortable launching "online" because we did not have a completed site to point those on the internet to for signup. Sure we had our PayPal account established but that also experienced some "bugs" in it to the extent that Rob and Ken actually had to sit down with those in NY that wanted to join and walk them through step by step.
At this time, I made the decision to hold off on announcing our launch on the internet and the BBS's ~ this was a difficult call but I also felt it was the right on. The reason being is that I just did not feel comfortable parking a half built site infront of our BBS's contractors.
The presentation by the UAMCCC in NY was hands on and live to the extent that the NY attendess drank the "UAMCC Kook-Aid" and were compelled to join. So we signed them up ~ as planned. All along we had high expectations that a Monday announcement to all of you that we are accepting membership would take place. Again, I was disappointed that Monday also proved to be a day in which the site would not go live.
It was only during this time when my phone started ringing by concerned contractors from the different BBS's expressing their questions of "why?" and "how come?". These questions are DEFINATELY justifiable. I explained or at least tried to explain what had happened.
Unfortunately the impression that was left to all of our colleagues and friends was that we (UAMCC) had purposely left out BBS members from joining. This is simply untrue.
The truth is that a series of events that lead up to this proclivity was unfortunately a domino effect of small glitches that turned into big glitches. I could not stop the glitches while I, Ken, Jeff and Rob were in NY. It just happened. For this, I am truly sorry to all of our colleagues on the boards.
We all have followed the progress of the UAMCC for many months. Our path has been traveled well and all of you deserve the same consideration that we offered the contractors in NY.
At the begining of this journey I did not nor pretended to have all the answers. This still stands today. This situation in NY caught many off guard and again I am deeply sorry if we jaded your opinions about this fine organization that ALL of us had a hand in building.
Mr. Johnson...I apologize to you for this mishap. Yes, the NE Seminar was the LAUNCH OF THE UAMCC and we do not take what happened up there lightly. I know you were hurt and disappointed that we could not follow through with the "online" announcement as we previously expected. I pray you can at least understand why I hesitated to launch "online".
For all our BBS contractors, I again apologize. I called Jeff L. today and he asked what was wrong. I simply said that "we stumpled on this launch". He agreed but he also knew of the hurdles that we as a team were facing.
Why talk about this? Well, I again feel it is only right to get this out in the open. In a perfect world we would only report on the good stuff. Well, this isn't perfect and I would like to believe that all of us can take the good and the bad. At least I hope so....
I need not to remind any of you of the huge undertaking this endeavor was. Establishing a national organization was more than what I thought it would be as I am now looking at the future of the UAMCC and I see much on the horizon that still needs to be addressed.
The Transition Team is tired....really we are. I am tired....it has been much over the last 14 months but we are still compelled to see this all the way through even after the weird way the UAMCC was launched.
Many of you have been supporting us and encouraging us to remain steadfast with our work. We thank you for that and will we will cherish these times as a once in a lifetime event.
Leadership must remain anchored with the UAMCC. And it is with that stamement that I must convey my sincerest gratitude to all of you on the BBS's that has helped this team accomplish something that has never been done before in our industry. Your bond with us was tainted over the weekend by a series of events that unfortunately caught myslef and the UAMCC off guard.
So the question is what do I do now? The site is still a few days away from being ready (Version I). Version II of the UAMCC website will soon follow.
From the late calls last night and the calls throughout the day today compels me to park the benefits in front of all of you right now. People want to know what the status is and what is going on. I must oblige that. We offered this to the contractors in NY at the launch and this must be the continuation of that.
As the title of this thread is "Bitter Sweet"...this is how I really feel. I feel miserable that I left a good friend down in NY and friends on the boards.
The most important factor here is that we want to get these benefits in your hands ASAP so that you can start using them.
This first wave of benefits will soon be followed by a 2nd wave of benefits.
Transition Team members....this announcement is the right course of action in lieu of our website release. Ken you have been killing yourself the last couple weeks getting the site perfect and I applaud you for taking on this insurmountable task.
After you join, proof of insurance is required. You can fax your ins. cert to 707.864.6076. A membership packet along with your memberships certificate will be mailed out to you.
The benefits will be posted within 24 hours for your review. I will touch base with the website build team tomorrow for an update on the site. Should the site be delayed beyond April 1st we will start accepting UAMCC Membership on April 1st without the site going live.
Stay tuned for immediate information about your membership.