Dave Clingan gets long-overdue $2,500 check for website work
Dave Clingan, my partner in this now-15-year-old website, isn’t crowing. But he’s pleased to announce that his long struggle for USATF justice has borne fruit. Remember how he quit his USATF committee roles? Remember how USATF refused to pay him $2,500 it promised for initial work on the USATF masters website? That’s been resolved. On Monday, Dave wrote: “I am happy to report that a check from USATF for $2500 arrived today. My stepson just got accepted to the Berklee College of Music, so this will definitely come in handy! Thanks to all of you who diligently supported this journey of fairness, and my hat is off to the ethics committee for doing the right thing.â€
Here's what usatfmasters.org looked like originally a year ago under Dave.
Not everyone was so forgiving of Indy, however.
USATF Masters T&F publicity man Bob Weiner replied:
Dave, gracious of you to say but Indy should not have made you scratch and scramble and most of all resign from your important contributing MTF offices for a year while they dawdled. The decision was obvious from the beginning to allow a waiver and not force you to (hopefully now temporarily) quit the amazing organizational work you did for MTF. Even the White House gives ethics waivers when the situation is important to have a quality person’s work. They forced themselves into the situation to do it the way they did. It is good that finally under pressure they found a way to do the right thing.
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Dave has always been a hard worker and great supporter of Masters Track and Field. Some people care enough about something to see that it is done proper and correctly and they do it for the love of it without all the horn blowing and expect-ions of big pay. Dave is such a person and I’m glad he is my friend.
The check is nice but it doesn’t reflect all the work he’s put in but he is humble to appreciate this token of gratitude.
Well done Dave
Thanks for the work you have done Dave. Obviously you did it for the love of the sport and not for the money
It is just crass of USATF to take so long to cut the check. Did they include interest for late payment?
Funny isn’t it that we pay $$ for late registration for USATF championships but USATF can take its sweet time about paying Dave without adding something for its late payment.
And good luck to your stepson at Berklee – I hope all the snow has melted by the time he arrives in Beantown.
Your Stepson must be one good musician…my all-time favorite Jazz musician , Pat Metheny, also went to Berklee. Hope enjoys the east coast experience and school in Boston!
I probably owe him a drink and meal or two as well, as do others. He has hosted and picked me up at the airport a few times for meets in the Portland area. In fact, if everyone he has helped makes good on that, I am sure its worth another $2500. Good job Dave!
Thanks to you, Dave, for all you do for T&F masters. People like you and Ken Stone are amazing in all the time and effort you put in to documenting and promoting the sport. THANKS!
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