[Nhhoa] Hello Everyone, Wanted to let you know signs wi...

[Allen Isdell]

Ty are you willing to help out in the future

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On Jul 10, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Ty Hudson <moniqueandty at yahoo.com> wrote:

Amanda.....

I was already planning to have a yard sale on Saturday.  We have been working at a consistent pace for about 2-3 weeks getting things ready.  This is the proper amount of time it takes to prepare in my opinion.... Coincidentally, I see the community message board on Tuesday night driving in stating that there would be a community sale on Friday and Saturday.  When I got home, I emailed the group and asked if there would be signs up and posted as I was about to purchase materials for our intended sale on Saturday.  The responses in the emails came back that there would indeed be signs posted.  

My wife and I continued to work our tails off to get everything ready a day earlier due to the lack of notification of the community sale.  Being that there was not a time posted in the paper, we had people in our driveway at 6:30 this morning.  I then find out from people at the sale that there were not any signs on the roads until you got to the subdivision.  People actually were telling us that we would get a lot more traffic if there were signs up on 411.

Then of all people to show up at our yard sale....our new COC Chairwoman herself with excuses that the signs were not found as they were locked up somewhere else???  If you are the chairwoman and the signs are not found by the night before, as the chairperson, take the responsibility on and go make signs and have them posted as promised.
I was extremely upset that there were not signs....and then for salt in the wound...you show up shopping the sales instead of fixing the problem and getting the signs out ASAP instead of getting around to it tonight.  

And if that is not enough of a wound......you then go on to say "we might have another one because everyone did not get the word in time".....with a could care less attitude as you did not have your efforts being affected today.  Do it right once, or do not do it at all.  I try not to be one to complain and see the good in all things, but there comes a time when things need to be said.  Do not come to my home and toot your horn about a block party that has passed when that same time could be spent fixing a wrong in the present.  

We have had a good day with sales today.... I am not complaining about that...the simple fact is that we could have done even better and been in clearance mode at this point is what irks me...   As the saying goes, you will never please all the people all the time...this very much holds water....but to come to the well without a bucket is the way it looks like this was handled.  SO, from all of this, three things....

1. need for better organization  - earlier warnings to the subdivision (2-3 weeks at a minimum for preparations and max participation)
2. need for better execution - signs and posters posted, times given
3. need for ownership - if it can be fixed, fix it...do not continue with excuses as to why it is/was not done

Ready at 6:30 AM tomorrow,

Ty Hudson


--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Amanda Harris <amandas011 at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Amanda Harris <amandas011 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Nhhoa] Hello Everyone, Wanted to let you know signs wi...
To: "North Hampton" <nhhoa at nhhoa.org>
Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 1:04 PM


Hello Everyone, 
Wanted to let you know signs will be out later today for hopefuly a more successful yard sale tommorow. The person who has our signs must be out of town we have tryed calling and going by there house and we havn't heard anything. l am going to get some new signs and they will be out later today. The sale starts as early as 7 am and it will end when ever you would like for it too. Sorry for the inconvince. 
Thanks,
Amanda Harris
COC chair  

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