An Apology

Not to the Observers of course but a good step.

John, thank you for that and I was not concerned with any anonymous observer types regarding what they might construe or misconstrue.
I agree we should not take things too seriously, but money is not one of them, especially when you are put in charge of watching it- regardless of how much it is. And even though "this is simply a bunch of guys sitting around the cracker barrel shootin' the breeze about their favorite toys" I don't want even one verifiable member having concerns, not in this day and age.
I am sure I can find other ways to express levity.
Steve A


The “history” of the Association should be looked at closely and not forgotten. Steve’s joke went right to the heart of the issues that came close to destroying the Association.

Now if he would consider that the Association Forum does not and cannot serve all the members who pay dues that he is responsible for.

Steve Auerbach - Piseas

Just a heads up.
The C25-Observer is disappointed with Steve Auerbach's relentless efforts to reduce the Assoc. to the forum and disenfranchise the members who do not use the forum. As a forum moderator we (yes there is a "we") find this to be detrimental to the Assoc.
His recent cavalier attitude toward the use of member’s dues will be the focus of the C25-Observers posts on the forum and the C25-Observer blog.
We look forward to a change in his attitude so a prolonged confrontation is not necessary.
Other wise stay tuned.
C25-Observer

Revisionist History

Self serving revisionist history does no one any good and in the long run tears at the very structure of the Catalina 25-250 & Capri International Association.
Steve Milby has an agenda that includes whitewashing a history of the Association that he had a major part in, namely the way the Nationals were held and how officers, he served as Commodore from 1984 – 1985, were elected.
The Nationals have long been a small clique that has not served the best interests of the Association
It is telling that when our current Commodore Jim Baumgart
raised a reasonable alternative to the “Nationals” a long string of diatribes came flooding out of the Milby’s corner.
Steve knows the history of the Association and what he and the officers that followed him did to tear the Assoc apart.
When Frank Hopper, Former Commodore chimes in on a post crowing about the great work that Duane Wolff did, you just have to look at the state of the Assoc. today.
Frank did his best to reduce the Assoc. to the Forum, stating that anyone who didn’t use and post on the forum had no business being a member. He came close to stopping participation in the Mainsheet, the only communication that reaches every paying member and presided over the destruction of the Fleet structure.
The forum is an asset but asking hundreds of members to pay for a forum and a “Nations” is not a healthy sailing Assoc.
Revisionist history sweeps the current state of the Assoc. under the rug.
Jim Baumgart’s attempt to revise the racing structure from a single ill attended “Nationals” to regional sanctioned races could go a long way towards reviving the fleet structure and bring members together in real life not just in the confines of the forum.

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John Gisondi
4/3/2009