Guy Blackmon
New member
First off I am with you Guy...where cool. That aside I am on board to have a lively discussion here..because what is there to lose anyway... We all go back to our regular schedule lives
Forget all the other orgs that we all know and don't know and who belongs to what. The question here as in my case because I'm a paying member of the Two orgs that is at the center of this discussion.. I go back and forth on which one works best for my business. I made money from my membership with the PWNA in the past and the example of that was a national company came to the PWNA kind of like a RFP and they wanted in there words reputable companies to possibly deal with.
So yes the PWNA has worked for me... Not all the time but for the $350/yr to me it's worth it. When money gets tight at times I think it's not worth it...but then something always seems to happen..such as networking with members etc.
The UAMCC like a few others here and I am nowhere near some of the others, I dumped in a few bucks to support it and at that time I favored them..
Today the PWNA works best for my company so if your saying that my loyalty is there.... Fine. There growing as we speak and my paid membership is becoming more valuable because like the UAMCC I Market my membership.
I never agreed with everything anyone of these orgs represent. I also never went in blind. All I do is weigh out if it's worth it.
Today probably most say the UAMCC is not worth it.. And remember I paid the last time they asked for my membership here. Let the UAMCC prove it's worth being a member. If it's going to be all about griping about the PWNA and who got picked over there for what and who is who and the never ending finger pointing but nothing getting done.. Is it worth it?
Those arguments maybe because I hit the grand old age of 50 is just a total waste of time. It's Internet ratings only with that when in reality nothing is getting done.
So if the goal is to get this org. driven over complaining about the other one......it's not going to work. If this org is driven by giving there members some good benefits with a good business plan...well that's the way it was working last time and it was working... then the collapse because without counting the garbage on the net (unlike another catalyst of that I'll take my fair share of blame there) suddenly became how great the PWNA is....and the UAMCC bites..... That mentality is predestined to fail.
Forget anyone else. Drive this org. With positive stuff and keep the personal vendettas out then like the way The UAMCC was doing a couple of years ago this org can grow...
I'm sorry John, I can't and won't forget what they're trying to do to our Industry and the Contractors in it. If you can live with that, it's on you. You have to do whats best for your business no matter what I guess. Again we're cool.
Again, please tell me where I'm wrong in my list John, you never did because you know it's correct.
If you call my views a "personal vendetta" then I'm good with that. I will always rally against those who would hurt and spread false information about our Industry, I would hope you and others would do the same.
I'm really not even sure why I care, but I guess I do.
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