Hey everyone. It looks like the Russians have finally stopped trying to register bogus names on the forum so I am going to reduce the severe restrictions I had in place on new registrations.
The next thing is I want to ask a favor and this has nothing to do with coin-op so if this annoys you then I apologize. I am not asking for any money or anything like that.
As you know, a few years ago I asked for donations so my Corvette club could purchase toys for the local Children's hospital. Many donated and we used 100% of that money to buy toys for the kids.
The parent organization of our club is called NCCC (National Council of Corvette Clubs) and they brag about how much they give to charity.
A few years ago I started asking questions and the "executive board" started getting really nasty with me. So, naturally, I started digging deeper.
I found out that they were a 501-C3 organization and by-law they must post the tax returns on their website or make them available when asked.
They don't post their returns so I asked for them. It took almost a year and a complaint with the IRS to get them. Once I received them it was obvious why they didn't want me or any of their members to see them. In a 4 year period they sold over $150,000 in raffle tickets and gave none of the proceeds to any charity. Below is a chart I was able to do from looking at the tax returns.
The more I dug the more stuff I found. I even posted a YouTube video asking them lots of questions which they never responded to. If you care, the video is at https://youtu.be/uQos8UjJomY
Anyway, I have started an online petition asking them to follow the law and publicly post their tax returns.
I would like to ask you to think about signing the petition. If the petition site asks for a donation to promote the petition then ignore the donation request.
There are two things that really tick me off in life. The first is cruelty to animals, the other is taking money on behalf of a good charity and not giving it to them.
The petition is at https://www.change.org/p/nccc-president ... f226c9e0b4
Thanks
Dave