Matt Rowe wrote:I will only say this once, but for someone who has given up on hillclimbing you surely spend a lot of time bad mouthing the sport and those still passionately involved in it.
Hey Matt, show me one place I have ever bad mouthed
hillclimbing.
I have nothing against against hillclimbing. In fact, I can honestly say it is the sport I most wish to participate in, but that does not mean I would do so at the expense of my integrity, what I feel is 'right' and what
I want from the sport.
The only thing you are going to see me "bad mouthing" is Matt Green's proposal of this rule and your support of it. When someone in risk assessment admits to doing no research, of any kind, to propose a rule that will affect everyone based on "gutt feeling" it sure seems like a huge travesty to me. Furthermore, for that person to admit publicly that they would be the first person in line to do what they have "determined" to be the absolute worst possible risk
for the entire group is shameful.
How can he preach, promote and force upon as a rule that he himself does not stand by?
Matt Rowe wrote:Also, if you don’t feel able to attend events I have to wonder what your motivation is to continue to portray the sport and everyone’s efforts in a bad light?
Again, not the sport or "everyone," just the "Matts" and this rule.
Matt Rowe wrote:Honestly, you seem to come across as either bitter, or worse, disappointed that the remaining parties are actively trying to fully examine this and make the best possible decision for the right reasons.
Bitter? Your damn straight I'm bitter.
As much as I went full throttle into supporting hillclimbing by every means I could possibly do ... through the newspaper, through recruiting volunteers, through recruiting new drivers, through securing national media, through helping out when I could, and yes, even through fighting this rule, ... to get a phone call by someone of official office, at my home, telling me the organization is fine with losing me ... YES, I am bitter.
Matt, look at all the work you do. How would you feel if someone in authority over you called you at home and told you they (and the group) are fine with losing you?
Yes, I fully admit I am bitter. I'm bitter that my girlfriend invested money into my NA so I could continue hillclimbing after I retire Hyde. This whole ordeal has made me extremely bitter.
As for dissappointment, yes, I am that too. But I am not dissappopinted that people are trying to get a ful lgraps on this "situation."
I'm dissapointed that the people that hold offices have failed the membership by not "fully examining" this issue
before it got to this point. Seriously, who proposes a rule, gets it pushed along as far as it has been and THEN starts to examine it?
Is that really what you are telling us?
Matt Green told be blatantly on the phone that SE was never considered when this put together and he was surprised they offered resistance. Tell me, why should he be surprised? IF he did his homework BEFORE going this far he would have KNOWN SE would offer resistance.
Seriously Matt, does it really make sense to you that you all are doing research NOW?
Matt Rowe wrote:It sounds like you would be happier if the original rule would already be in place so you could feel justified in abandoning the sport and your fellow enthusiasts.
Nope ... I'd be happier if the person in charge of risk assessment did their homework before crashing the party with a major rule proposal and never offended me in the first place so that I would not have "abandoned" the sport.
Incidentaly, I take offense at that term. Telling me you are going to push a rule through that will BOOT me from the sport in the future and you are okay with losing me, so I take the hint and move on .... I wouldn't say that is me abandonding the sport.
If your boss tells you are going to be fired in a couple of years, are you abandoning the job if you look for a new place to work?
It sounds like you would have preferred I stick around so you could boot me when the rule goes through.
I surely have not abandoned my fellow enthusiasts as I just done everything I could today to help out a fellow hillclimber in need.
Matt Rowe wrote:It’s a genuine shame you have decided not to be a part of that.
... too bad you all didn't think of that before Matt Green called me at home and delivered the kind of trash that he did.
Yes, I'm very bitter.
