[sac-forum] The Walt Reynolds effect and SAC

 

Folks;
 
I would like to supply a short history lesson and I promise, it is not aimed
at anyone in particular.  If you think it is, check your paranoia alarm
system;-)
 
Long ago there was a SAC officer named Walt Reynolds and Walt was a nice
enough fellow, but he was a pushy guy who wanted to get what he wanted.  He
wanted to create SAC as the "Robert's Rules of Order" club with a massive
constitution and lots of rules.
 
After he lost a contentious vote, he stormed out of the meeting room, never
to return.  We put into place the "30 minute" rule which essentially means
that all SAC business will be conducted within 30 minutes of the opening
gavel.  And, we have held to that rule quite well.
 
I honestly think that the reason that this change in club constitution has
created this uproar is for three reasons:
 
1)           There are people on this Earth who just like to talk about this
kind of stuff.
2)           There are SAC members who see that this club is wonderful and
somewhat unique and don't wish it to change significantly.
3)           There are people who picture anything that they sign as "taking
away my rights" and you are not going to talk them out of it.
 
I don't doubt that all of these reasons may be in play for some folks.
 
So, people have stomped out of SAC meetings in the past, and they may do so
again next week.  I will miss them.  
 
Back to the history lesson, SAC was formed by members of another club that
forget that it was an astronomy group.
 
SAC owns very little, a small library and maybe a loaner scope and a few
thousand dollars in a bank somewhere.  We kept it that way so that we could
concentrate on the astronomy.  Let's do that.
 
Let's get this issue behind us and if the vote goes in a way that you
believe is incorrect, then allow all this hoopla to die off and go away.  
 
Clear Skies to us all;
Steve Coe

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