Attempt by our Committee to change the Club rules without notifying the members

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captainpugwash88 said:
Only way of keeping in contact with the members since he has been banned from there Facebook group? Trust me the members are reading this.
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LOL!
The irony is just bursting off the screen with that post!

So Nick has been banned from the Facebook page has he? And never in a million years would the thought have occured to him to make up a false identity and try again Pugwash? Eh Pugwash? How about Nick coming up with another handle and pretending to be someone else so he can express views of someone who is an avid supporter of himself???
It would NEVER happen would it Pugwash? Shame on me for even thinking about it. I don't even know where my dirty little corrupt mind got the idea from Pugwash.

Gordon Bennet!
 
Seajet VG said:
I decided a long time ago there are two types of people at clubs;

those who like to go sailing,

and those who like to sit and tell them how they should be sailing.

This means I can do little to moan when people put themselves forward for committees, but there are usually sensible people who overule the prats who just seek a special illuminated Admiral's hat with feathers.

If I lived closer to the club I suppose I'd be one of those seeking my special hat !

As it is I just go sailing and help out decent members as & when I can, I think ' keeping one's head down ' is the term.

any politicians, anyone expressing a wish to be one should be automatically ruled out - or probably shot.
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... previously the acceptable answer has been,

While one does not seek the office, one has pledged oneself to the service of one's country and if one's friends were to persuade one that was the best way one could serve one might have to accept the responsibility whatever one's own
private wishes might be.

Yes, I think I've got that.
 
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What date is the Clubs Christmas Dinner? Can anyone get a ticket! Must be worth it just for the Commodores after Dinner speech!:encouragement:
 
I thought it had finally died, that after 19 days without a post it had passed on! This thread was no more! It has ceased to be! 'It's expired and gone to meet 'its maker! 'It's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'it rests in peace! 'Its metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'It's off the twig! 'It's kicked the bucket, 'it's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX THREAD!!

Then the gallant NickC gave it the kiss of life and it has returned in all it's glorious splendour
 
jordanbasset said:
Then the gallant NickC gave it the kiss of life and it has returned in all it's glorious splendour
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That is his right on this forum, if you do not like the thread then stop reading and commenting on it. If I were in NickC's position I would continually feed the thread for the next few years.

Also note how NickC has been raising other threads and replies on other subjects and shows he is a genuine sailor.

Not sure that applies to Floyd Raser as according to his posts he bought his first boat, a Seal 22, in January and has said and I quote "This forum is actually one of the best hobby forums anywhere in my opinion.
Read more at http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?444413-Newbie-on-British-waterways!#b1XxYSvPjp0H7GmI.99"
He may have been sailing for years, but this comment and several others in different threads do not show lots of general advice or sensible comments. Yet he has been so vocal on this thread and has always been totally anti NickC. So NickC is wise to ignore his comments and so should most other forumites.

My opinion is NickC has been very badly treated by the club and by his former partners in the shared boat ownership. In his position I would move on to pastures new, but remain a thorn in the side of the former club. When this thread first started I worked out which club and the people who were directly involved, and feel he has been very cautious in keeping this information off the forum. This has kept the thread alive as moderators will not pull the thread as no names are mentioned, so the potential of a legal case against the forum are minimised.

NickC you have my support to keep bringing this thread back to life as it will show how aggreived you still feel at being subjected to such attrocious behaviour from a"sporting" club.
 
captainpugwash88 said:
Only way of keeping in contact with the members since he has been banned from there Facebook group? Trust me the members are reading this.
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If it is really the case that club members are reading this they please can someone come on here and give us another perspective on both the "massive engine" debacle and the "illegal expulsion of NickC" saga.

You will be anonymous on here so please feel free to weigh-in.

If you are reading the thread but are not prepared to comment then simply say that you are a club member but you are not prepared to comment as that will tell us everything we need to know about the fascist-style leadership of the Club and the reality of living under their reign of terror. :(

Richard
 
I agree with both the thoughts of Concerto and the request of RichardS. The most worrying aspect i have picked up are the hints that some of the people bullying NickC are employed by the same public service organisation, unless i have got that wrong.
 
Concerto said:
Not sure that applies to Floyd Raser as according to his posts he bought his first boat, a Seal 22, in January and has said and I quote "This forum is actually one of the best hobby forums anywhere in my opinion.
Read more at http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?444413-Newbie-on-British-waterways!#b1XxYSvPjp0H7GmI.99"
He may have been sailing for years, but this comment and several others in different threads do not show lots of general advice or sensible comments. Yet he has been so vocal on this thread and has always been totally anti NickC. So NickC is wise to ignore his comments and so should most other forumites.
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Well Concerto, you knew when you posted that, I would not let it go. I complement you on taking the time to do all the research into my past on here and indeed other threads. Easy enough to do I know but I'm partly flattered by your attention. However you are seeking to devalue my comments so I will point out that your research has been underdone: Easy enough to look on my profile page but apart from reading into my post about this being a great forum you should have investigated in more detail my posts on here. Start with the first post and you'll see that I started by genuinely trying to help Nick (yes, I was on his side then) by pointing out to him that he is going about this issue in completely the wrong manner. Just like others have done before and since and we have all come under the kosh for doing so by being insulted by Nick, then accused of being undercover members of the committee, and some even being accused of theft. Read it all and it's all there.
Many of the others have fallen by the wayside but I'm still here.
So now what say you about your comment "he has always been totally anti NickC"???
 
I sussed out the start of all this before. You don't need to be anything to do with the club, just look at the evidence posted here by NickC and his attitude towards doing anything about a sensible conclusion; he constantly insults the club committee members and Commodore and makes excuses for not following proper, good advice: It was started by a misunderstanding then an argument over the use of a shared boat and it's outboard. It escalated into a feud involving committee members and the Commodore. It all got very silly indeed and it's easy to see that NickC would be a very irritating and abrasive person to have around. However, Nick is a very good salesman; having convinced a few people to hit the keyboard with minor support.

So it's clear that they were all good mates at one time. No bad management then. Nick may have been proud to tell people, "Oh yes, the Commodore and I are close, personal friends you know; we are both partners in a yacht."
The big engine thing was a clear act of infantile retaliation for something Nick said or did. Probably denying other shareholders use of his outboard.
That would seem to be the starting point of the whole thing but as we were never there we only have one side of the story and that may be wrong.

If it's true about the Commodore being involved then the whole club is not worth the effort and maybe it should be shut down until a decent committee can be recruited.
Nick's behaviour on here has not been any better so none of them are worthy of any more attention than this silly thread.
 
Floyd Raser said:
The big engine thing was a clear act of infantile retaliation for something Nick said or did.
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At last, we're getting some specifics. So please carry on as that "something that Nick said or did" which caused the "gigantic engine" travesty is exactly what we have been waiting to hear. We need specifics though, like NickC gives us, and not speculation.

Richard
 
Concerto said:
That is his right on this forum, if you do not like the thread then stop reading and commenting on it.
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Tell me where I said I did not like this thread. In an earlier reply I think I said words to the effect that it was strangely fascinating.
People can and do post all sorts of stuff on here and people can and do respond as they want to (within the rules) if that is alright with you of course
 
OK, so where are we?
1. It appears that appeals are allowed in this club, and that NickC either made a proper appeal and was ignored, or perhaps he never made a proper appeal (in writing to the club sec), or perhaps he did but then never turned up at the general meeting which should have resulted. I dunno, lost in the mists of time.
2. It also appears that NickC has alter egos on here, but who's which and who wasn't is anybody's guess.
3. And anyway perhaps the whole thing is one gigantic wind-up, a huge trolling episode. I have often thought that and still do.
 
Floyd Raser said:
If it's true about the Commodore being involved then the whole club is not worth the effort and maybe it should be shut down until a decent committee can be recruited.
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That is the first constructive comment in this thread you have made that I agree with. It is a small club with limited membership and little else. I feel sure some members love it, like NickC does, but in reality if no one wants to run the club (why else re-elect the commodore beyond the normal maximum term) then they deserve what the committee and management they get.
 
Concerto said:
That is his right on this forum, if you do not like the thread then stop reading and commenting on it.
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I understand a bit about forums. Are you suggesting it is OK for the OP to keep commenting on the thread (because it is "his" thread), but that everyone who has a contrary position should shut up?

Has it reached the position that people "own" threads and their supporters will brook no dissension?
 
Mercury Rising said:
I understand a bit about forums. Are you suggesting it is OK for the OP to keep commenting on the thread (because it is "his" thread), but that everyone who has a contrary position should shut up?

Has it reached the position that people "own" threads and their supporters will brook no dissension?
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I think he meant that, if you don't like the thread, there's no need to read it or to comment on it.

However, if you do like the thread, then feel free to continue to read it and to post on it: whichever 'side' you're on.

That's how I interpret it!
 
NealB said:
I think he meant that, if you don't like the thread, there's no need to read it or to comment on it.

However, if you do like the thread, then feel free to continue to read it and to post on it: whichever 'side' you're on.

That's how I interpret it!
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You are probably quite right.
That is my point.
But it appears that if you don't support the OP you are not welcome in the thread with your nasty opposition opinions.
The internet doesn't work that way. Everyone is entitled to express an opinion provided it is legal and within the rules.
I have read through the rules and it appears that Nick doesn't have any special dispensation.
 
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