matrix wrote:
and since when is sRr actually running the SSS
? (saintsationalsponsorship)
A bit of history for you.
When the first Player Sponosrship was put up it was a joint SS/Bigfooty Effort.
Unfortunately the Bigfooty Mod involved went AWOL at the last minute including not paying his share leaving it all high and dry.
I and another Forumite then volunteered to step in and sort out the mess. The other forumitre kindly used his personal credit card to pay the monies due and I invested some amount of time in sorting out who had paid, not paid, chasing up payments etc and then in dishing out the Sponorship Benefits to those involved via a raffle.
The next and following years MM kindly took up the organisation of the Sponsorship, including paying in adavance what the Club requires. He has done a fantastic job and has greatlly increased the amount of $$$ that this forum generates to our club.
After the first year MM asked me to continue to run the raffle each year. This I more than willingly did as it is my view that everyone should chip in.
I ALWAYS took great pains for the raffles that I ran to completely above board, transparent and tamper proof with myself not actually picking anyone asa winner.
The first raffle was drawn by Saints66 in the MW.
Last years was done online. The "keys" to the raffle were always emailed to a mod such as Saints66 to provide third party verfication that I was in no way able to influence the result.
On one occassion WINNERS of the raffle asked me to distribute their prizes to other forumites
in any way that I chose as they were not able to use the "prizes".
Note that as the prizes had already been won, that it was the winners right to gift their prizes to anyone including non-forumites.
This I willingly did.
Note that this was in no way part of the official Sponsorship Draw and I just did it help out the parties involved..
I actually disqualified myself from receiving any of the prizes (as did MM) despite the forumites involved with some of these offering the prizes to us.
As time was very short for the prizes to be used I decided to run a quick quiz.
St Fid at the time personally attacked me and this is clearly a grudge he still holds. Again note that this was over the transfer of WINNERS prizes in manner that those winners were happy with but which St Fid complained about.
That he is attacking my integrity and trying to draw the implication that I am not a "fit and proper" person to be trusted with Sponsorship Raffles I deeply resent and he has absolutely no basis for his outlandish demands.
People may or may ot like how I ran the various raffles (which is every one up till this year), but I can guarantee that every one was 100% fair and impartial and mechanisms were in place to guarantee that.
As it turns out MM had earlier asked me again to run the raffle. This year I declined for even though I did not like leaving MM in the lurch as I was somewhat jaded by the crap that a small minority of forumites such as St Fid hurl.
True to form St Fid is hurling mud again even though I am not running this years raffle.
Flying the World in comfort thanks to FF Points....
