<div dir="ltr"><div>Dan R. is correct, I did say chime in. My bad. I'm going to see if I can come up with an easy mechanism for people to make a decision with their dues. I'll let you know.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not the treasurer so I don't have the dues. I know people like to give Scott shit but I want to make this as easy as possible for him. There's 3 options for dues as I see it: Donate them, Refund them, Carry them forward to next season. Options 1 and 3 are easy, option 2 would be a pain in the ass. We had 49 players. Yeah. That's right, 49. So, stay tuned.</div><div><br></div><div>I totally understand that some people (especially now!) might need the $40 sooner than later so email me at <a href="mailto:thebob@fspazone.org">thebob@fspazone.org</a> and I'll take care of it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Stay safe,</div><div>Bob J.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:57 PM Justin Good via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Agree with Ken and Matt Burke- post a go fund me for the respective league locations, refund the dues and let everyone decide how to donate or whatever. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 8, 2020, at 8:29 PM, Kenneth Padgett via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="auto">Can someone just send me some money? I didn’t play this FSPA season, I just don’t want to be left out of the charity receiving.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Seriously though, execs just need to refund players directly and let them decide what they’re doing with it. This free for all is lunacy.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 19:59 Matt Burke via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Can someone please set up gofundmes or some other equivalent for each FSPA location and we can donate our dues/whatever we want and post links? (Sorry I’m not a slacker)</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 6:54 PM Bob K Mertz via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Steve (Kapinos) email never came through to me - the one that he says for people to talk on slack and not continue the "me too" stream. I only saw that message as quotes on someone else's reply (this seems to happen a lot with messages from various people at random times). I assume others are in this same boat and why the "me too" stuff is continuing.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On April 8, 2020 6:39:44 PM EDT, Paul Liam McGlone via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<pre>Too many Steve’s. at least 3 who don’t sign their message. <br><br>Steve please let me know what happens on the ??? Page you told us to use. slack ? <br><br>Steve I don’t think a resurrection party is a viable alternative to getting the funds moved this month <br><br>Steve, zzz. Oh well I lost track of the Steve’s. I had a 3rd reply but .... I think it was a Maryland Steve. <br><br>Pmc. MisterPaul. From Virginia. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(114,159,207);padding-left:1ex">On Apr 8, 2020, at 1:23 PM, Dan Reynolds via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>Steve,<br>Bob Johnson specifically asked us each to chime in.<br>Blame him is what i'm saying.<br>-Dan<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(173,127,168);padding-left:1ex">On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 12:21 PM steve via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>Ok, before we have an email storm (a great time to remind people... we have Slack server for anyone who wants to have discussions on pinball, league topics, etc -- Join here - <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/fspazone/shared_invite/zt-bop5lrjr-2iEKdTj0EEmcucbXT2U8NQ)" target="_blank">https://join.slack.com/t/fspazone/shared_invite/zt-bop5lrjr-2iEKdTj0EEmcucbXT2U8NQ)</a><br><br>For OCELOT players - I'll be sending out a message in the near future to collect refund details. No need to 'me too' the mailing list with every player out there. Individual responses can be collected off-list too.. ;)<br><br>For those who want to throw out ideas and discuss... I highly recommend slack :)<br><br>-Steve<br>Ocelot League Treasurer<br><br>On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, 12:01:33 PM EDT, Bob K Mertz via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br><br><br>I would suggest that we use the registration system (or something<br>similar) that is used to sign up for events/leagues and allow everyone<br>to "register" as either a yes or a no so that it's organized, there is a<br>record of it on both the league side and the player side, and it's<br>anonymous to the league members in general.<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(138,226,52);padding-left:1ex">On 4/8/20 11:49 AM, Steve Clapp via FSPA wrote:<br>Donating the dues to your local pin venue is a fantastic and noble idea.<br>Fact is, there are a lot of restaurant workers who are not privileged to<br>receive the government assistance available to many. Even now, one<br>specific pin venue/restaurant is donating ALL of their take-out revenues<br>to their less fortunate workers.<br><br>Personally, I'm all-in and willing to donate my dues. However, I know<br>there are several players who value their dues money more than I,<br>especially now. Yes, there's no shame in requesting the funds back.<br>BUT, we might want to mitigate any potential risk of shame by returning<br>all funds and establishing a more individually discrete way of showing<br>the love... Maybe a pinball resurrection party with a extra-large<br>donation bucket?<br>Again, I'm all in with whatever route we decide to go, just trying to<br>look out for those who are in need.<br>My .02<br><br>-Steve<br><br>------ Original Message ------<br>From: "Stephen Jonke via FSPA" <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a><br><mailto:<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>>><br>To: "FSPA main discussion list" <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a><br><mailto:<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>>><br>Cc: "Stephen Jonke" <<a href="mailto:sjonke@gmail.com" target="_blank">sjonke@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sjonke@gmail.com" target="_blank">sjonke@gmail.com</a>>><br>Sent: 4/8/2020 11:09:41 AM<br>Subject: Re: [FSPA] FSPA Leagues status - Update<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(252,175,62);padding-left:1ex">By the way, if you need or just don't wish for whatever reason to<br>donate your dues, don't feel pressured to join in on any of these<br>efforts. It's a shitty situation for so many. I'm lucky to be able to<br>telework and thus can afford to donate my dues and I wish to do so. No<br>shame in not participating in these efforts.<br><br>As far as MOM's, I could coordinate the effort with Scott Nash via<br>Facebook Messenger, however I don't have the funds, so the money would<br>actually have to be sent by RWC (or is someone else acting as<br>treasurer for the MOMs league?). I think sending via check, paypal,<br>venmo, whatever, is the way to go. Delivering cash, not a great idea.<br><br>Steve<br><br>On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:20 AM thatpinballgirl via FSPA<br><<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>>> wrote:<br><br> I'm in too. No location no league. Support them.<br><br><br><br> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S10e.<br><br><br> -------- Original message --------<br> From: Dan Reynolds via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>>><br> Date: 4/8/20 8:57 AM (GMT-05:00)<br> To: FSPA main discussion list <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>>><br> Cc: Dan Reynolds <<a href="mailto:daniel.j.reynolds@gmail.com" target="_blank">daniel.j.reynolds@gmail.com</a><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:daniel.j.reynolds@gmail.com" target="_blank">daniel.j.reynolds@gmail.com</a>>><br> Subject: Re: [FSPA] FSPA Leagues status - Update<br><br> absolutely, 100% -Dan R<br><br> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 8:45 AM CJ Brown via FSPA<br> <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(233,185,110);padding-left:1ex"><br>You can count me in as well.<br><br>On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 8:19 AM Ethan O'Toole via FSPA<br></blockquote><<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(233,185,110);padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I think that's a great idea as well. 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