schedule of the different stages in the process were issued 1/7,
schedules were changed, and posted as changed on 2/28
every stage, was pulled in, some by a full month, nominations pulled in about 2 weeks, voting cut off and notifications, and ticket purchases, etc pulled in by a month.
I was cool with keeping my irons in the fire when I accepted a nomination, and have a good feel about work, but last week when they pulled the voting and everything else in by a month, felt it was unfair for me to "hang back till I was sure I could afford to go", being unemployed right this moment, and have been for almost 8 months... and also rolling my 401K into a rollover to live on...
Suckz bigtime, but I'm not stupid.... If I don't have a job, or income, I can't condone my actions to travel with the possibility of added expenses placing a burden upon someone other than ME... That in my opinion is selfish, and very irresponsible... I cannot place the full burden of emergencies on my peers, if they send a second traveler, that presses it further; even if it's pulled in to get the maximum time for donations, and even if you can "make a donation and get voting rights"....
which never happened before. I was told it was because donations seemed to be getting lax, but you and I know just how much money some of us folks tossed into the kitty during the last visit....right?
I've always backed and donated, and then throughout the season prior to the travel, and even during the travel, took up donations and stuck my hands into the pockets of my fellow COG pals... who always gave freely on the spot...
remember how much money Russ and I were holding when you had the blade against Rev's throat last summer??
we had a BUNCH of money. I don't get it sometimes. With COG's new acceptance, comes a lot of "book keeping nightmares" as it's a not for profit Org, and now, traveller's are gonna have to keep a lot of reciepts and crap, ....Why? I have no idea.... it ain't COG org's money... But I guess I'm just dumb... if the contributions go thru the website, I guess that is the reason... but still can't get a grasp...
knowing what strange money and control things have gone down in the past.
sorry, I know your sit-rep, and don't wanna cut my throat for possibilities of future travel... just trying to be p/c