<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#470096"><br></font><br><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#470096">On Jun 15, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Dallas wrote:</font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#470096"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></font></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><blockquote type="cite"><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#470096">However, it is my experience that once newer sailors gain the wisdom to take on more management responsibility at the club, their opinions often change to reflect those of the grumpy old guard they wish to replace...and for good reason.</font></div></span></div></blockquote></span></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Clearly a behavior I neither understand nor agree with. ;-) I don't know who wrote the post and I don't know who the members are who feel they have been wronged. My two years with the club have taught me that there are a relatively few volunteers doing a lot of heavy lifting. IMHO, it's not just the Capri Fleet that isn't stepping up. That being said, since it represents the largest fleet in the club, I would expect to see more Capri volunteers across the board. </div><div><br></div><div>If there were more Capri volunteers engaged with the management of club activities, I suspect you would be able to "protect" your right to be on the race course as opposed to having to "fight" for it. Think sailing strategy. ;-)</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Teri Ross<br>+1.612.293.6669 Universal # that rings all phones<br>+1.952.593.0776 Office<br>+1.612.384.7206 Cell<br>+1.801.607.6868 Fax<br><a href="http://bit.ly/teriross">http://bit.ly/teriross</a><br>http://www.linkedin.com/in/teriross<br>http://twitter.com/teriross</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><br></span></div></span></span></div></div></body></html>