Farewell to Frank Hopper
7/26/2008
NYCat, Kevin Flaherty’s post ”Sad about loosing Frank Hopper!” on the Association Forum is truly misguided.
Frank Hopper, Former Commodore has changed the very nature of the Catalina 25-250 & Capri International Association reducing it to the Association Forum and a few (very few) who claim to be racing in the so called “Nationals”.
In the most damaging comment and initiative Frank wrote;
”Had this forum remained as merely an adjunct to the Mainsheet magazine and an unofficial means of communication the Association would have become moribund. Now we are the most vital and best example of what a Catalina association can be, that is because people worked to change the by-laws and recognize that the community on the internet and the power of the internet was the future of the Association”.
That all sounds well and good however….
It is only the Mainsheet that reaches EVERY PAYING MEMBER four times a year. By disenfranchising the Mainsheet Frank Hopper and rest of the Catalina 25-250 & Capri International Association Officers have disenfranchised any PAYING members who don’t use the Association Forum.
When Frank was Vice Commodore, he went on record saying that only users of the Association Forum had any business being members of the Association.
In our opinion if you have paid a full membership and don’t use the Forum you are being defrauded.
As we watch the Association Fleets slowly go back into hibernation and the so called ”Nationals” controlled by a few no one can say the Association is better off after Frank Hopper got done with it.
When Arlyn Stewart set up the Forum it was to give the owners a place to go while the Association was being rebuilt. The Association had been torn asunder by officers who tried to shove out anyone who wasn’t a racer. Sound familiar?
It was never meant to be the end all for the members. Hard work was done to rebuild the Association Fleets refresh the pages and publish C-25/C-250 features in the Mainsheet Magazine. That is now all gone after the tenure of Frank Hopper .
One can hope that the Catalina 25-250 & Capri International Association Officers will try to reverse the damage but given the current line up there is no indication they will.
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NYCat, Kevin Flaherty’s post ”Sad about loosing Frank Hopper!” on the Association Forum is truly misguided.
Frank Hopper, Former Commodore has changed the very nature of the Catalina 25-250 & Capri International Association reducing it to the Association Forum and a few (very few) who claim to be racing in the so called “Nationals”.
In the most damaging comment and initiative Frank wrote;
”Had this forum remained as merely an adjunct to the Mainsheet magazine and an unofficial means of communication the Association would have become moribund. Now we are the most vital and best example of what a Catalina association can be, that is because people worked to change the by-laws and recognize that the community on the internet and the power of the internet was the future of the Association”.
That all sounds well and good however….
It is only the Mainsheet that reaches EVERY PAYING MEMBER four times a year. By disenfranchising the Mainsheet Frank Hopper and rest of the Catalina 25-250 & Capri International Association Officers have disenfranchised any PAYING members who don’t use the Association Forum.
When Frank was Vice Commodore, he went on record saying that only users of the Association Forum had any business being members of the Association.
In our opinion if you have paid a full membership and don’t use the Forum you are being defrauded.
As we watch the Association Fleets slowly go back into hibernation and the so called ”Nationals” controlled by a few no one can say the Association is better off after Frank Hopper got done with it.
When Arlyn Stewart set up the Forum it was to give the owners a place to go while the Association was being rebuilt. The Association had been torn asunder by officers who tried to shove out anyone who wasn’t a racer. Sound familiar?
It was never meant to be the end all for the members. Hard work was done to rebuild the Association Fleets refresh the pages and publish C-25/C-250 features in the Mainsheet Magazine. That is now all gone after the tenure of Frank Hopper .
One can hope that the Catalina 25-250 & Capri International Association Officers will try to reverse the damage but given the current line up there is no indication they will.
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