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<br />Gentlemen,
There is a choice to be made, pure historical accuracy or practicality. Some are historical fanatics, others just want to have a good atmosphere, most lay in between.
Through the years there has been a lot of pressure to make changes, and if they were followed all that we would have now is a ladder club, who wins the most, who is number 1. Certainly would be easier to administer! Did not interest me so it did not go that way.
The future well, you can see all of the ideas that are around. The next administration will determine were this club will go. I think that it must be chosen wisely. The chance that this club dissolves is high. The pressure to rewrite the rules, change everything, cross all the T’s dot all of the I’s and rendering the club uninteresting is on the horizon. All in all there is no wrong way or right way just a different way. It all depends whether you want to be a part of it or not. Be careful what you wish for.
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Thanks, Pierre. It is always helpful to hear the rationale and I think the club structure is fine and will stand the test of time. It is flexible and that flexibility is needed to continue the growth of the club.
I think there should be a reasonable balance between the need to be flexible and the historical aspect of the club.
The present structure has a chain of command that does work when needed and is an excellent way to manage the membership. In this way, all commanders above the brigade level have only a few people reporting directly to them. Without this structure, communication would bog down and the numbers under one commander would become unwieldly. (I think that is spelled right[:D])
I do not think the club is in danger of disolving. I think that compromises can be reached and differences resolved. The entire atmosphere of the club has lightened up, even though we are having these in-depth discussions, the club is still strong and the emphasis is still on playing games, as can be seen by the numbers of opponent requests that are put up every day.
Yes, there are some frustrations and sometimes people have let these enter into the discussions, when tempers should have been reined in and discussions kept to the point and not digress into personalities and unconstructive criticism.
Hopefully, this will post.[8D]
<b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands
LtGen, CO XXIII Corps, AoO
President, Colonial Campaigns Club
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