by Rob Q » Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:14 pm
[quote="Paul H"]I have received a PM and understand I may have upset some people with my 'Alternative Missionary Cult' comment. If I have, please accept my apologies and bare in mind most of my comments are tongue in cheek and not to be taken too seriously.
HOWEVER, I only posted this in response to criticism of the rides I enjoy i.e. we are boring, dangerous, a laughing stock, rubbish cafe etc.
If people want to do alternative rides, it is no problem with me. I suggest that on the forum you focus on the positives of your ride rather than percieved negatives of ours and you will not get any disparaging remarks from me.
While this may not be the case with the person who PM'd me, I suspect that there are political/personality issues going on here and I hope these are resolved amicably without damaging the club.
Whoever is captain next year, I hope they make sure they take the middle ground. I have been going out on ACC CRs for about 10 years now and there has always been a good turnout and while there is no harm in making tweaks, any major changes could be risky. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Perhaps prospective Captains should post their mandates so we know what they are standing for.
Cheers
Well the fact that someone PM'd you would in my mind suggest that they wanted to keep the conversation "private"
Anyway, perhaps I have completely miss read things!! What I've seen being posted is just people stating there opinions on some changes to help the club evolve and offer a variety of rides. I have not seen anything to suggest people rubbishing the "normal" cr and I mean normal in the sense that its the most used or most popular cr. I for one go on the "alternative" which in actual fact is the "normal" cr for me as I like the variation of different routes every week. The last time I went up the A23 was probably a year ago and that route is probably the real "alternative" cr for me. When people say the route is boring or the Charlwood cafe serves below par coffee and cakes then these are opinions and everyone has the right to voice their 2 pennies worth. As for the political/personality issues going on, well we are a club of 100's and thankfully we are not all of the same views and of course you will have clashes of personalities and differing ideas and long may it last.
I await the backlash