Frankly...I think whatever point I wanted to make about the Statue Race has already been made. It's turning into a vicious fight. This is my last post on this topic.
There a lot of good things about SHBCC, they are all great people and the old guard has put in years of effort to maintain the club. Being so close to NYC and in a major metropolitan area, this club should be THRIVING. 150 members should be piece of cake to sign-up in an area with 15 million people and so few sailing venues. If it ain't happening, if there's not a waiting list to get in, something's wrong. You're below potential and you're being complacent.
There are also many issues and a lot of dissatisfaction with members SHBCC. This post is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm not going to make the laundry list of complaints here. This is probably the first time that criticism is voiced so publicly. But guys at SHBCC...don't stick your head in the sand and deny, deny, deny...Where's there's smoke, there's fire. A lot of people think things can be better and are willing to work for it. But if you just push them out of the circle, you're going to keep on stagnating in the same place you've been for years. If you cannot understand the "vision" that other people have, at least give them a platform to explain instead of mocking and boycotting them.
If this was a case study for how to deal with a public relations crisis, you've failed the test. You immediately went on the defensive, you've attacked your critics, you don't bother to actually understand what's really going on.
I'd be happy to come back to an officer's meeting and have this conversation.
Roger that?