Hi my name is James and I am running for re-election of the secretary position.
Before I go into my speech let me provide a little background. I am a IT person for Stockton and I am a father to two wonderful girls. I am an active person. Beside being a member of this club I am a goalkeeper training for soccer, a coach for 5 and 6 year older, and now I am the VP of Rec for my town's soccer program.
Now that you know a little more about me let me provide background of this hobby. I been doing saltwater for about 3 years and still learning everyday. I am working on building a controller out of a raspberry pi. I been doing freshwater for years but never took off. Normally I would be into it for a month then let it go. The show 'Tanked' would spark my interested up here and there. One day while looking at my empty 36g tank I decided to do saltwater. Not too long after my 36g was going I upgraded to a 54g tank (which I blame my wife). That tank was my fav tank. After running that tank for about 2 years I moved back into my mom's house so I can try and save for my own house. I wasn't here long before I got the ich for saltwater again. I setup my 36g tank backup and been running with that.
Now about this is. I hit up groups on Google+ and YouTube when I first started. After talking with folks on those sites and joining large FB groups that full of trolls I knew I needed a better option. I was watching a YouTube video of a club president. He explained how his club was like a family. He even went into a story where one member's car wouldn't start. Other members said they would give her a ride while others help her troubleshoot the issue. This issue wasn't hobby related but the group was there for each others. I came across NJRC many time but felt like I had to be a paid member to be part of it. After about a month of skimming the site I decided to join the free membership. The club was very welcoming and right away was interested in what I had to say (even about my pi project). I saw a meeting coming up at TSM. I did not know what to expect. I even ate lunch before going (thinking if there was food it wouldn't be much). I walked into a great place with out standing food. I meet folks like @kschweer and @Bad Fish there. They all knew me as the guy building his own controller. They even said maybe I could help them with the site backend. That night I went home, with a new frag, and became a paid member. After talking with Ed and Kevin I was given keys to the kingdom to help improve the site. The first thing I wanted to do was tackle some of the issues like the membership cards not working. It became quickly the site needed a face-lift. I flipped my focus and worked on a re-design of the site to what it is now. After seeing not many folks running for the board and the scare of the club shutting down I decided to run. I first wanted to be a DAL but with the secretary seat open I decided to run for that seat. Since taking office my goal was to improve our backend cause the permissions were not set correctly. After working with the BOD I started rolling out changes. I also tackled our spam issue.
Before I go on too long I will end it there.
I would like you guys to vote for me cause I feel like my job isn't done.
Before I go into my speech let me provide a little background. I am a IT person for Stockton and I am a father to two wonderful girls. I am an active person. Beside being a member of this club I am a goalkeeper training for soccer, a coach for 5 and 6 year older, and now I am the VP of Rec for my town's soccer program.
Now that you know a little more about me let me provide background of this hobby. I been doing saltwater for about 3 years and still learning everyday. I am working on building a controller out of a raspberry pi. I been doing freshwater for years but never took off. Normally I would be into it for a month then let it go. The show 'Tanked' would spark my interested up here and there. One day while looking at my empty 36g tank I decided to do saltwater. Not too long after my 36g was going I upgraded to a 54g tank (which I blame my wife). That tank was my fav tank. After running that tank for about 2 years I moved back into my mom's house so I can try and save for my own house. I wasn't here long before I got the ich for saltwater again. I setup my 36g tank backup and been running with that.
Now about this is. I hit up groups on Google+ and YouTube when I first started. After talking with folks on those sites and joining large FB groups that full of trolls I knew I needed a better option. I was watching a YouTube video of a club president. He explained how his club was like a family. He even went into a story where one member's car wouldn't start. Other members said they would give her a ride while others help her troubleshoot the issue. This issue wasn't hobby related but the group was there for each others. I came across NJRC many time but felt like I had to be a paid member to be part of it. After about a month of skimming the site I decided to join the free membership. The club was very welcoming and right away was interested in what I had to say (even about my pi project). I saw a meeting coming up at TSM. I did not know what to expect. I even ate lunch before going (thinking if there was food it wouldn't be much). I walked into a great place with out standing food. I meet folks like @kschweer and @Bad Fish there. They all knew me as the guy building his own controller. They even said maybe I could help them with the site backend. That night I went home, with a new frag, and became a paid member. After talking with Ed and Kevin I was given keys to the kingdom to help improve the site. The first thing I wanted to do was tackle some of the issues like the membership cards not working. It became quickly the site needed a face-lift. I flipped my focus and worked on a re-design of the site to what it is now. After seeing not many folks running for the board and the scare of the club shutting down I decided to run. I first wanted to be a DAL but with the secretary seat open I decided to run for that seat. Since taking office my goal was to improve our backend cause the permissions were not set correctly. After working with the BOD I started rolling out changes. I also tackled our spam issue.
Before I go on too long I will end it there.
I would like you guys to vote for me cause I feel like my job isn't done.
