• Annual State of the CFB Address

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  Aug 22

  Hi all, Gary here!

  Well members, we made it.  We made it to 5 years old.  We’ve come a long way from a suggestion seeded by Brian Savage to the 3.75″ collectors at the 2004 Convention.  Sure, the name of the organization has angered some, and embarrassed others, but only those who actually attend a meeting can only understand our mission.

  The last year has been a challenging one.  From personal loss to career changes, this year has not been as festive as previous years.  Sadly, there were no t-shirts, hats or other CFB paraphernalia at the con this year.  We were lucky just to have the Bulletman art ready to go.  I feel in some aspects, all of us were lucky to just be there.  I think that sums up our year.  We made it to the convention and the goal this year was to just relax.  No contest, no challenges, no customs, no dios, no major projects – JUST relax and enjoy.

  Not all CFB member stayed put for the year.  Congratulations should be extended to our Vice President Don for yet another 2nd place finish in the JoeCon Custom Contest!  Please join me is sending our sincerest praise to Don for representing the CFB once again in an award winning effort!!

  I mean, why did we need to work hard this year?  Who did we need to impress?  All of the hard work we did last year by creating a logo, creating a crest, pressing out cardart, t-shirts and hats.  We’ll return to doing some of these I am sure, but for this year the journey to Kansas City was the battle – a battle most of us won.

  The membership is healthy.  Thanks to the efforts of Don and Anthony, we had another great showing of attendees to the annual meeting.  We are still a visible and relivant entity.  I see us mentioned on forums from around the online community.  While not always held in a positive light as we would like, any PR is good PR.

  The hobby is in a state we have not seen in more than 20 years.  The pegs and aisles are full.  The movie was ranked #1 (albeit for a week, but still it was #1).  Our hobby has received an injection of new fans.  This hopefully will mean new members to the club which will equate to new members to the CFB.  Let us be respectful to these new members and value their opinion.  We open our arms to new ideas and thoughts and we hope to see you at one of our meetings soon.

  The CFB would also like to encourage the GIJCC to continue to think outside of the box.  Please do not repeat the mistake of the last year by reissuing a convention set.  The club members continue to give you a near bottomless pit of suggestions.  Reissuing older sets in the newer sculpt, we are sure, was not among the majority suggested by membership.  We appreciate the convention exclusives and we wish to remind you to keep your eyes on the final goal of releasing the 3.75″ Adventure Team sets.  We only see positive results if these are released.  We also wish to thank you for remembering those members who are RAH vintage fans by issuing o-ring sets and figures – even though one of these is an obscure basketball reject who appeared in a horrible GI Joe animated movie.

  We also would like the GIJCC not to forget our 12″ brethren.  While we have been at odds with this sect of the collector-dom in years past, we feel it is important to keep the hobby united.  A split hobby WILL NOT be a healthy hobby.  We have opened our arms to our sister organization, The Defenders of Bulletman.  If fact, we had some of their membership attend our last meeting.  This is a sign of the times to show our solidarity with all aspects of the hobby.  While a majority of the CFB membership may not be a fan nor own a single 12″ figure, we realize that this side of the hobby are OUR ROOTS and without them, we’d not be here today.  While it may not be our slogan, we join our 12″ comrades by echoing “All hail DOB”.

  In closing, it was a good, yet amazingly status quo year for us.  Our next meeting is a mere 9 months away.  What surprises do we have in store for 2010?  We shall see, but until then, rest up and relax because our hobby is in a renaissance.  Let’s enjoy it while it lasts.

  Respectfully Submitted to Membership

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