- Joined
- Nov 25, 2003
- Messages
- 16,440
No words needed, sign says it all....................
THIS should be at every race site..............
- Thread starter Don Ferrette
- Start date
Help Support Intlwaters:
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2003
- Messages
- 16,440
This sign came courtesy of one of my D12 clubs, ODMBA. I met Scott Liddycoat down there at the pond yesterday for a brief test session (holy crap it was hot and wickedly humid) and saw it on the back of the drivers stand. 100% SPOT ON!!!!!
Hydro Junkie
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2006
- Messages
- 5,806
Don, you're forgetting the other side of the coin.
How often are those that volunteer belittled, targeted for verbal abuse or run off by others? It does happen more often than many want to admit.
The wife and I left an organization we had belonged to for over a decade(in my case almost two decades), where I had held an office of some sort for almost the whole time, due to politics, jealousy and backroom deals. We both, after that, have declined to volunteer for a position in any organization and, even in boat racing, we see the wisdom in that decision.
How often are those that volunteer belittled, targeted for verbal abuse or run off by others? It does happen more often than many want to admit.
The wife and I left an organization we had belonged to for over a decade(in my case almost two decades), where I had held an office of some sort for almost the whole time, due to politics, jealousy and backroom deals. We both, after that, have declined to volunteer for a position in any organization and, even in boat racing, we see the wisdom in that decision.
Last edited by a moderator:
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2009
- Messages
- 703
5% do the work, 95% complain about what was done! Well at least that is how MOST clubs work...
Paul
Paul
Robert Pickard
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2013
- Messages
- 2,694
Mark is right and so is Paul so many work and work and work then get critized by others that sit around do nothing plus the politics you can only take so much then quit
Hydro Junkie
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2006
- Messages
- 5,806
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for helping out but, at the same time, I'm not going to take a bunch of crap from others over what I do or how I do it because it's not the way they or others would do it. Worse yet, I'm not going to get neck deep into something just to have someone else start rumors about what I did or didn't do so I would be discredited in some way. This has happened to me twice, once here, in the boating community and once in the other organization I referred to previously. After getting burned twice, it's going to take a lot before I get heavily involved in anything again
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2002
- Messages
- 1,989
We need a "like" thing on this board..
Robert Pickard
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2013
- Messages
- 2,694
I totally agree with every word Mark has said same thing happened to myself and a couple friends
