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I am SORRY – Thanks Diana Jedig – Executive Director
OACFDC
Hey Diana Jedig I am sorry.
My July 4th 2012 Blog at “You
Win Some – You Lose Some – The Tough Love of the “Mysterious Group at the CFDC
Head Office” was blowing off steam – I didn’t
know the whole story.
I was upset with the Video thing
and the stuff I was writing about.
Sure I was miffed to say the least.
I had hoped along with all the other people that had tried to WIN the special
opportunity to be the best Video at the National CFDC Conference in Halifax.
He was the one that had put
a lot of work into producing the Video.
For all my other readers
that had taken part in trying to get my Video up there in the rankings – by clicking
through to the YouTube and then clicking through a “LIKE” – you tried and I
appreciated that very much. I know many
of you didn’t do it because you wanted nothing to do with YouTube and getting registered
with it. Sorry.
Diana Jedig, as the Executive
Director of the OACFDC (Ontario Association of Community Futures Development
Corporation), wrote a great letter to let me know what happened. And I do
appreciate this very much.
I am going to publish her
letter to me that has the explanation of what happened in the Video escapade. I
feel that I need to do this after publishing my Blog Post on July 4th
20122 – and I need to say I am sorry as well.
CFDC has been a great help
to me… specially the Northumberland CFDC part of CFDC.
You can click on to the
LINK that I have placed at the top right side of this Blog Page under “My
Testimonial of Misty Hollow” and the "The Misty Hollow Story".
This Link tells you a little of how they
helped me so much!
Diana’s letter to me
follows the Reference below. I am also going to place an addendum in the original
post of July 4th, 2012.
Finally, Misty Hollow Carving is moving ahead. Business
has been good and picking up each week in spite of a Recession mindset that
seems to be everywhere. Thanks to all my
faithful customers as well. It only gets
better!
~ Murray Lincoln ~
Reference
Ontario
Association of Community Futures Development Corporations Inc.
L'Association
des societes d'aide au developpement des collectivites
de
l'Ontario
300 South Edgeware Road, St. Thomas, ON N5P 4L1
300 South Edgeware Road, St. Thomas, ON N5P 4L1
Telephone/Telephone: 519-633-2326 Toll Free/Sans frais:
1-888-633-2326
Facsirnile/Telecopieur: 519-633-3563 Email/Courriel:info@oacfdt.com
www.ontcfdt.tom/www.ontsadc.com
www.tolearnonline.ca/ www.apprendreenligne.ca
Facsirnile/Telecopieur: 519-633-3563 Email/Courriel:info@oacfdt.com
www.ontcfdt.tom/www.ontsadc.com
www.tolearnonline.ca/ www.apprendreenligne.ca
Mr. Murray Lincoln
Misty Hollow Carving
925
Western Ave
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough, Ontario
K9J 5Wl
705-760-9389
mistyhollowcarving@gmail.com
Dear Mr. Lincoln
Please accept our
sincere apologies for
the situation regarding the video
competition at the Community Futures National Event
in Halifax. We understand and share your
disappointment, and we are responsible
for some of the misunderstanding.
The National Event
organizing committee in Halifax decided
to hold the video contest and we,
in turn, forwarded the information
to all our membership - including the Northumberland CFDC. The
announcement of the Video contest
was sent out April 10
with a submission date of April 20. The original
poster also stated that video with the most votes on May 15 would win. But
it didn't clarify what
"votes" meant, and at that stage there was
minimal participation. Then on May 18 in the
morning, an announcement telling everyone
to vote for their favourite video,
stating that the video
with the most "likes"
would be showcased at the conference and the CFDC
would receive an
iPad, was sent to us from the National
Event office,
which we forwarded
to all CFDCs
in Ontario.
Then in the afternoon,
another message was sent
from the National Event
office, stating the contest would
be based on "views"
not "likes". Unfortunately,
that email arrived at a very busy
time here, when we
were in the midst of
budget cuts announcements and preparation
for our own Ontario conference. And because it
looked very
similar to the message received
earlier in the day, we didn't
realize it was a new email, and it was overlooked. Please accept our sincere
apology for not forwarding this important piece of
information.
In talking with staff at the National Event, they explained
that when people
tried to "like" the
You Tube video,
they couldn't do
so, unless they were a registered You Tube user. People
complained that they didn't want to go
through that extra step, so the
rule was changed to "views" to
accommodate that request. They explained
that they were only trying to
organize an event which would be fun for
everyone involved,
and didn't realize
that the extended voting and
then change in rules on
May 18 would cause upset.
We are sorry that the two changes - the deadline
extension and our mistake in not noticing
and forwarding the 2nd
email- has caused you so
much upset.
We have reviewed your
web site and your blog,
and we would like to write
a brief feature on you
and your business
and include it in our next monthly newsletter,
with a link to your web site and your
video. We think both the video
and your unique and interesting business
deserves special attention. Please
respond to our newsletter
editor Mary Alderson at
malderson@oacfdc.comif you
agree to be featured in our
newsletter, which is widely circulated
across Ontario and posted on
our website.
Thank you for your
understanding of this unfortunate situation,
Sincerely,
Dianana Jedig
Executive Director, OACFDC
Executive Director, OACFDC
CC: Ms. Wendy Curtis
Northumberland CFDC
Northumberland CFDC
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