Here's an idea. Instead of making snarky remarks about being surprised to the point that you'll "ship your pants" if someone "bring anything" to an offroad event, enthusiasm about a BBQ contest, or doing someone a favor and picking up their swag bag because they just closed on a house and chose not to go wheel, you just pull an Idina Menzel and let it go.
We get it. You're out there every weekend, you made a choice to live in an RV so that you can pick up and do anything at the drop of a hat. That's an envious position in many respects. I know that if I were single and rocking a photography career, it'd be kinda cool to drive my house, get work all over the country, and just drive from gig to gig. That'd be badass.
However, what ISN'T badass, is bemoaning folks' who have priorities that fall higher than attendance at optional club events for an extracurricular optional organization. Most of the folks here with families have priority lists that look something like, God, Family, Work, kid's activities, homeowner responsibilities, personal hobbies. They come in different orders and numbers for folks, but, in general, personal hobbies are dead friggin last. You've managed to streamline your living situation so that you can optimize your time on the weekends doing something you love. That's awesome for you, and I mean that sincerely with no sarcasm. It's, unfortunately, not going to be reality for the rest of us any time soon.
I get an hour here and there to do my own hobbies, maybe a four hour chunk at night during the week, or a couple hours on the weekend. In general, many of those blocks of time are at times of the day that are not conducive to offroading, nor are they generally long enough to drive somewhere, ride a trail, and drive back. So yeah, for me, there are many times where, when given free time, I'm not doing something truck related. However, when there's time to plan a trip, to get some club members together, and go have a good time, I love doing that too.
What I'd like to see, from everyone in the group, is an appreciation for the people that do show up for events, who do come out to meetings, who do stay involved in the forum, who do help one another wrench from time to time, who do get together for spontaneous runs out to TNF, who do hang out and drink a beer every now and then, who do support our club member's brewery, who do, who do, who do...
Eric, you're one of the first to say you'll come hand tools to folks and laugh, and that's awesome for folks who haven't done major truck work before. Matt D shows up at damn near everything with food, honestly I'm still not sure where it all comes from. I don't know that b'dog has ever been in a bad mood when I've seen him, seriously the guy is always smiling. Matt B has loaned out tools and bbq smokers lots of times and built folks parts. Clankembangin organized the ride out at TNF last year. Hal's worked on a logo and made some good progress, and always lightens the mood when he's around cracking inappropriate jokes at appropriate times. Connor and Lilly drove around during the snow and helped folks out a bunch, and I know I'm leaving folks out who've done even more.
As el presidentè, I want folks to focus on that stuff, tell people thanks for showing up when they do and be jovial about it. Invite them back next time, and if they can't make it, assume that life happened, and that when they can they'll do it again. Bitching at people and belittling them because they're not 100% hardcore and at every single offroad everything tearing s*** up really just pushes people away.
...I'll be at church 
