RE: Process for Investigation/Deliberation/Recommendations?
The PRB met less than 24 hours ago, and already their lack
>of response is referred to as "secrecy." Is it any wonder
>why they try to get some work done, rather than spend
>precious time explaining themselves to people who, in the
>final analysis, won't believe them anyway?
------>>>>>And these people
>have day jobs. <<<<<<<------
JesusHChrist Bruce, you really do write some pearls.
May I gently remind you there are several PAID SCCA Rally department
mucky mucks, one being our beloved PR Dood Mr. Kurt Spitzner and anothjer being Mr Doug Robinson, and there are others such as secretaries and such.
Obviously the policy of not communicating early and openly followed by the PAID staff has done nothing but breed wide spread contempt and disgust, and has obviously not worked.
Obviously.
Now I know that 100% of anybody here in the NW that I know has wondered just how the PAID staff spends their time,other than schoomzing at PR junkets and flying to WRc rounds at whose expense, nobody knows, and some have suggested that since they are instructed not to write anything in their oafish-al SCCA capacity HERE at the de-facto ONLY Nationwide forum, and we are continulaly instructed to "write the PRB" "Write the..." that they must spend 16 hours a day answering all their correspondence, but somehoiw I don't think that's really the case.
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>They have already received more suggestions than they could
>possibly process, even eliminating the anatomically
>impossible ones...
Well thank you for both informing us of the length of the phone call and who was there and how they are swamped.
Too bad they couldn't take the time to send something more than that.
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>Bruce
Bruce, your tone is so abrasive and I don't know if it is just the way tone is conveyed so poorly in print, as many have said to me, but your writing seems very close to the same sort of things that some of us find annoying or disgusting with the SCCA. To Wit:
You complain about people wishing for information and deride their choice of words and ridicule things with word like "secrecy", then defend the PRDood and PRB and include things which are patently false.
This is really bad Bruce, and I am not attacking your obvious long term commitment to this sport, but rather hoping you might understand how you seemingly don't see how your half true statements and references to, but no details of "the bigger picture" comes accross as as dismissive superiority.
Some people see that as the same behaviour as we see routinely in the management and administration of OUR sport.
It seems to me to indicate who you identify and align yourself with.
Anyway, do you remember now there is Paid staff?
And Bruce, note well, that again nearly every single person I know in this sport has no ill will toward those who volunteer their time, and as the time PSBS (Post SpitznerBS) goes on the reverse is true regarding the PAID staff.
OK
John Vanlandingham
Seattle, WA. 98168
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