>>He thinks Chico should get off his lazy rear end and help CUFC with communication if he wants CUFC to communicate its new plans.>>
So much for not paraphrasing me.
>>Now...is that because you're insensitive to the issue of gender bias or because you were busy and only read the first sentence?>>
I don't believe that I am insensitive to gender bias, nor do I fail to recognize that it exists. I just don't believe that we should perpetual the bias by treating girls differently than boys (when it comes to soccer).
>>Here's a counter to your proposal. Why don't you, with the credibility and friendship that you have earned as being a loyal NECSA member all of these years, give someone a call and tell them that they need to use their web sites (minimally) or the message board (I know that "inner members" not only have access to the message board but have posted in the past) to distribute information as quickly as they can? Wouldn't that actually be the simplest and easiest way to approach this? Barring that, why don't you, with the credibility and friendship you've earned, tell them that if they don't want to do that you'll volunteer to do it on an on-going basis?>>
I actually did run into a friend of mine Friday night and asked why there had not been communication about the new club's plans. The response was that they were waiting for formal approval by SCYSA of the new club before they went public with information. They expect approval at the next SCYSA board meeting some time this month.
As for your suggestion that I be the reporter... as you say, I just don't see that working. If I ask questions, post the answers, then I have to deal with the inevitable follow-on questions. Being the conduit is just not something I have the time for.
>>What? CUFC is hiring professionals to place less reliance on volunteers? I had hoped that they were hiring professionals to place less reliance on part-time (i.e., paid, not volunteer) people. Which volunteers are they trying to replace?>>
Mis-posting on my part. I meant part-time. They certainly are not looking to replace volunteers. If I may be more precise: My understanding is that they are trying to put into place the professional, full-time staff that will be necessary to manage the larger club.
>>Chico is a dog and thus has limited intelligence. Chico believes that gender bias exists (although this is not an immediate concern for Chico since he's been neutered.) Chico believes that the clubs in the midlands offer relatively poor services for girls soccer compared to the upper state and lower state. Chico hopes that the newly merged club CUFC will do a better job with respect to girls soccer but worries publicly that it will not and frets over the lack of communication from CUFC. Chico also hopes that CUFC will be a professional club (USSF lingo) run by full-time people instead of part-time people.>>
Obviously BS, since Chico is the only dog I know that can type. Also, I think "relatively poor" is "relatively harsh" judgement. Could they do better? Sure. Our hopes for the new club are the same.
