Hi all,
Our dear friend Bill Johnson - The Original Impcop
is moving on and wanted me to forward this message to
the list. We all will miss Bill's direction and
guidence and we wish him the very best in whatever
path his career leads him.
Thanks Bill!
Jeff Ingraham
Moderator
--- Bill Johnson <bjj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Bill Johnson" <bjj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:13:28 -0700
> My Dear Imperial Friends,
>
> After 6 plus years of membership with this fine
> group I have come to a
> decision to resign my administrative position and
> leave the list
> effective immediately. It is not without much
> thought and sadness that I
> have made this decision and for a variety of
> reasons. Much has changed
> over these years both with this list and my personal
> life. In weighing
> all of this over and over in my mind, I feel that it
> is best that I
> devote my energy to other areas at this point in my
> life.
>
> Many of you are new and I haven't had the
> opportunity to get to know you
> as much as I wish. For the "old-timers", I have made
> some dear
> friendships with many of you and will miss the day
> to day contact but
> hope we cross paths somewhere down the line in the
> future! I value each
> and every one of you dearly!
>
> The IML has gone through some tremendous growth and
> to maintain that
> growth and a solid future, it needs help from each
> of you in different
> ways. For some please volunteer to help out with web
> page updates,
> additions and deletions. I know not all of us our
> computer savvy and
> this may be not your forte but if you have some
> skill the group can use
> you. For others new and fresh ideas are needed in
> the administration
> side of the list. Speak up and volunteer to be a
> part of this group. You
> can help in decisions such as moderating, keeping
> the rules updated and
> workable, bringing fresh new ideas to the list so
> that it is fun and
> enjoyable and helping with the decisions that will
> keep the list solid
> for the future. For all as Leslie recently posted,
> send a donation to
> Manuel. This is crucial to keep the electricity
> turned on and keep the
> list free for all the members. It doesn't have to be
> thousands of
> dollars. Whatever you can afford will work. Maybe
> look at what benefit
> you derive from this group and weigh your amount
> based on that. All
> donations are kept strictly confidential and no one
> judges you or is
> your membership tied to this. Just please help out
> in any way you can.
>
> Only a handful of you know some of things that have
> happened in my life
> recently but I feel I should share some of them so
> you realize some of
> things that have entered into my decision. When I
> joined this list I was
> in a job position that allowed me to have internet
> access most all the
> day. I was able to be quite active with that
> happenstance. A few years
> ago, I changed jobs and starting traveling. Small
> amount at first, then
> increasing until this past year I traveled the
> entire country. Many
> things took a new light when I was on my way to New
> York, 9-11-01. I was
> grounded in Indianapolis, where I remained for three
> days until it was
> safe to return home to my wife. Having a daughter
> that is a Flight
> Attendant with one of the major airlines and a Son
> assigned to the Bomb
> Wing of the Air Force added more grief. Not only did
> this have a change
> on my personal values of what was the most important
> things in life, it
> changed my company's outlook as well. Our CEO lost
> his Son in the WTC.
> We had already been in a downsizing mode. I was
> actually laid off for 4
> months last spring. Ironically at the same time my
> insurance ran out, my
> wife was declared permanently disabled. With costs
> of drugs alone
> exceeding $1500.00 a month, I sold my Imperial as
> there was no way I was
> going to be able to restore it the way I desired.
> Not that I lost
> interest in Imperials! I actually crave for a finned
> Imperial in the
> worst way. My Company was able to create a new job
> for me and brought me
> back in. Other than the national travel, I got the
> benefits back, most
> importantly the medical. Biggest problem was I was
> never home. Well now
> that has changed, as my Company after trying to
> resurrect itself in our
> Industry decided earlier this year to give up and
> exit the business
> entirely. My last day was last Friday. So now I find
> myself back in the
> same dilemma.
>
> I surely am not disclosing this private information
> to you to obtain
> your sympathy. A job would be nice though! :-) I
> have had some people
> question my activity with the group and why I am not
> around or why I
> don't post anymore and I think this will give you
> some of the reasons.
> Without an Imperial I have lost much of the common
> ground I once shared
> coupled with my employment woes, I became more or
> less a lurker. Now
> faced with finding a new career, my wife's problems
> and a whole set of
> new priorities I think you will understand my
> decision.
>
> I hope that you all take my advice and get involved
> in some way. The
> list needs your help more than ever at this time.
> The huge amount of
> growth has made it the 600 lb gorilla and it takes a
> bunch to feed it!
> Good luck to all of you and look me up if you ever
> come to Eastern Utah!
>
> Whiteshoes
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