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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark and Mike,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I spoke with Tony this morning and agree with
Mike. For Tony to offer this opportunity is going above and beyond, thank
you Tony.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken Thompson</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mups1953@yahoo.com href="mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com">mike mueller</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:56
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Steve
Kaluf no longer at AMA</DIV>
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<DIV> Mark, your seconds thoughts are right on. Sometimes you have to
trust the higher ups. In this case they may be protecting Steve. Nobody that's
a decent boss enjoys having to let someone go. I've been a boss for over 20
years and I hate it.</DIV>
<DIV> At least Tony has offered an explaination via a conversation. I
think that its fair on his part. Either way it's too bad for both
parties. Mike <BR><BR><B><I>Mark
Atwood <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">If you read
the entire thread, somewhere on Page 2 Steve posts his side of the story, so
at least we have a description of events (albeit one sided) from a source
that was there.<BR><BR>We all have some shortcomings, and it’s true we can’t
seem to get AMA’s side of the story which is always bothersome. But
it’s hard to believe that we would want someone as active, committed and
engaged as Steve was off the payroll. Just my opinion. If the
AMA feels justified, I think they have an obligation to make a more public
statement regarding the matter.<BR><BR>It would put a lot of rumor to rest.
<BR><BR>Second thoughts... I have had to fire people in
the past and have refrained from “explanations” to the rest of the surprised
staff in an effort to minimize the damage to the reputation of the person
being fired, ie airing the dirty laundry, while it would resolve the
uprising, would only serve to damage the person more. Not saying in
ANY way that this would be the case...just that situations do exist where
not commenting is the better part of valor.<BR><BR>I get away with that
because my employees trust me (evil laugh)... What we are
lacking here is a management team that we trust has done the right thing.
Unfortunately for AMA, one of the few people who’s answers I trusted
(whether or not I liked the answers) was Steve.<BR><BR>-M<BR><BR><BR>On
8/20/07 7:30 PM, "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte@cox.net>
wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR>On Aug 20, 2007, at 6:07 PM, JShulman
wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://runryder.com/helicopter/t366695p1/">http://runryder.com/helicopter/t366695p1/</A><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR> <BR> <BR></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial>I never would of guessed this is how
Steve would have "left" the
AMA.<BR></FONT></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR>Hmmmmm. I heard a different
story. I won't mention the source, but Steve Kaluf was fired for
doing something that the Executive Director, Jim Cherry, told him not to
do and the assertion that, "all of the district VP's wanted Steve back
immediately" isn't true. I had my runins with Steve as Nats
event director and as the NSRCA VP coordinating the Nats with AMA on
behalf of NSRCA and, while I liked him personally, I wasn't too thrilled
with how he did his job.<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR><BR>
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