<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> So I will close gents with the Following questions:
1. Are there any situations where Club Rules can be broken whereby it is appropriate to have Sanctions assigned to the offence and taken against the Offender?
2. What level of severity can/could/should these Sanctions be applied against the Offender sand for what Breaches of the Rules?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
1. This question casts a very broad net (unless it is in reference specifically to cheating). The Club Rules do not, at the present time, specifically address a cheat allegation.
2. This question is purely speculation! It is difficult to speak to hypothetical situations with any degree of accuracy. Circumstances are an important factor in trying to adjudicate a "Breach of the Rules". No set of rules can be all-emcompassing and address all possibilities of misconduct, whether cheating or personal transgressions.
I think it is better, at this point, to allow the members working on the rules to take this all into consideration and develop a plan, a set of rules to include the cheating aspect, IMO.
Once a more formalized set of procedures is established, then we can sit down and discuss the pros and cons. Right now, this was a very good discussion with many views on the subject of cheating and there is a lot of information and views to mull over.
However, this seems to have gone from a specific discussion of one excellent topic, to a broad brush approach to "rules" in general. It is like "putting the cart before the horse". Once the <b><u>PROPOSED</b></u> "new" rules are put together, then they can be discussed. [^]
To prevent any knee-jerk reactions to THIS post, I am not saying the subject should not be further discussed, but that it would be more appropriately done when there is a specific issue to discuss and a specific proposal on the table.
<b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands
LtGen, CO XXIII Corps, AoO
ACWGC Cabinet member
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