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SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

GmanNC wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:One thing about registering or not... a good point made in an MOTM email today.... a reminder that any money left over from registration after the bills are paid goes to CHARITY. That and a return of the CRB would be enough to ensure that I register.

That said, with the changes at the Casa under its new management, I don't see staying there....

BUT, if people are not happy with MOTM being at the Casa every year and don't believe that PHIP is listening to them, one way to get the point across is to not register. I think many of us are thinking that if registration keeps going down each year, then maybe PHIP will get the point and start making some needed changes to MOTM.

Gary

Maybe so, but I also wonder how many people who are making complaints (some valid, some just bellyaching) here and on other websites are also taking the time to relay the same information in an unemotional way to PHIP. Not everyone, I'm sure.

I can't speak for anyone else, but yes I have emailed my thoughts (not just belly-aching) to both Bill DeWalt (Convention Chairman) and Bill Wright (PHIP President) and have gotten responses from both of them. Bill Wright's response was very understanding and promised to discuss my concerns with the Board of Directors (Bill DeWalt's response however did not impress me much). From both responses I got the impression that there have been many people emailing their very valid and unemotional opinions to them.

Yesterday my wife received a phone call from Jimmy Pattavina, incoming PHIP President, who wanted to know about our experiences this year and seemed sincerely interested in working to make things better. So I'm at least a little more hopefull about the future of PHIP now than I was a few days ago. But none of this would be happening if people had not spoken up this year about their dissatisfaction.

GmanNC wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

GmanNC wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:One thing about registering or not... a good point made in an MOTM email today.... a reminder that any money left over from registration after the bills are paid goes to CHARITY. That and a return of the CRB would be enough to ensure that I register.

That said, with the changes at the Casa under its new management, I don't see staying there....

BUT, if people are not happy with MOTM being at the Casa every year and don't believe that PHIP is listening to them, one way to get the point across is to not register. I think many of us are thinking that if registration keeps going down each year, then maybe PHIP will get the point and start making some needed changes to MOTM.

Gary

Maybe so, but I also wonder how many people who are making complaints (some valid, some just bellyaching) here and on other websites are also taking the time to relay the same information in an unemotional way to PHIP. Not everyone, I'm sure.

I can't speak for anyone else, but yes I have emailed my thoughts (not just belly-aching) to both Bill DeWalt (Convention Chairman) and Bill Wright (PHIP President) and have gotten responses from both of them. Bill Wright's response was very understanding and promised to discuss my concerns with the Board of Directors (Bill DeWalt's response however did not impress me much). From both responses I got the impression that there have been many people emailing their very valid and unemotional opinions to them.

Yesterday my wife received a phone call from Jimmy Pattavina, incoming PHIP President, who wanted to know about our experiences this year and seemed sincerely interested in working to make things better. So I'm at least a little more hopefull about the future of PHIP now than I was a few days ago. But none of this would be happening if people had not spoken up this year about their dissatisfaction.

seemed like a nice enough guy, at least he put on a good "listening face"