Dont worry, I know who you are.

You are a coward because you hide.
You are nasty because you attack on a personal level and you lie.

Anyway, it tells a lot about the friendly ambiance at the club, and as an officer you failed miserably.

A little touch of class would have helped.

Jaques
Why do you care so much about a club where most members don't even want you around. If you don't have anything nice to say about Fleet 250 Don't call Don't write and Don't stop by.

Exactly. Chase away any member that doesn't agree with you or that dares to raise his voice. When I (and 3 friends of mine, who meanwhile left as well), joined the club, we all noticed one person who was very welcoming and engaging. And it definitely wasn't you, Mr. Xenophobic French Fry. SHAME ON YOU.

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The same guy, registering over an over with different Ids, just to spit his venom and pretending there are many people like him. He has his specific style for sure...

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BTW, its loser.

I dated a girl who was a looser, or was she just a bit looser? Something like that.

Ummm........
No I meant like:
LA LA LOOOOOOOOOOOOZER !!!
Get it now?
Duh! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Ok,

I see that the Dude had the decency to delete his posts which were absolutely out of line. Thank you Dude.

I will stop there, but before I want to say this:

Having been the race officer for four years has been a great thing for me. I really enjoyed it and without bragging I can take credit for several accomplishments:

the chase boat
the scoring system
good attendance and a real excitement at the fleet racing program.
Overall, the job properly done and my presence and participation to every race.

There was also exciting new ideas like the formula weekends, Objective 100 and the sailing school which unfortunately were not followed up or supported by the fleet.

My biggest regret is about the sailing school for which I managed to get a 30K grant from the NJ state and was a very solid project. I could have brought a lot to the club: new members, a closer relationship with the town and ,above all, a future and a perspective.

That is why when asked why I care so much for this club I can answer this: I invested so much time and energy and believed so much in these kind of new ideas that this is true, I am disapointed by the current direction of the club and concerned that one day this lack of projects will mean the end of it.
As Thomas said, this club is a great sailing place and deserve the best. Goals and objectives could be a lot more than just fill the beach.
I know that diplomacy is not my biggest strength, but I consider that sometimes, criticism, if constructive can make things change for the best. Obviously, some people got hurt by me at one point, my apologies. Behind this, I have allways known that there was some kind of antifrench feeling but after this serie of post, I understand it is a lot deeper than I thought, and explains better why so many sticks in my wheels.

One day, I published in a club news an article about the fleet and the need for a sailing school. The main word was "what does not regenerates, degenerates". That is still true and will always be.

OK, man.
You are a big enough person to apologize.
Which, I accept.
And I want to apologize as well.
I hope you accept.
You did make me mad with some of your posts.
I also tried to delete my last post, but it has been up for over 6 hours (beyond the edit time), so I am sorry about that.
Please though, do not keep saying this anti-France stuff.
All of the members are from a very diverse background, race, religion, nationality, and work background.
I really do feel that there is positive energy down here, and people go out of their way to make others feel accepted.
I happen to love the French.
I love their food, their wine, their women, and their culture.
You should know, that all the people I have spoken to think that you were an excellent race officer, and that you are more than welcome at the club, and would not mind if you ran our races again.
We are in a heat wave, why don’t you come down for a cold drink a some good sailing.
Let’s stop this bantering on this web-site, and enjoy the Jersey Shore!
Vous êtes un homme goon. Laissez-nous partie!
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I just wander why so many people called 2006 to be last year of their membership...

Vlad
Not a member since 2006