On May 11, 2005, at 1:26 AM, Neil Schneider wrote:
I ratified the election last year, because despite the under-handed way that SDMUG took over SDCS it was within the rules. I watched as they maneuvered toward their real goal, which was to seperate themselves from SDCS. I thought many of the rules they implimented were good for SDCS. When it became clear at the last board meeting that their real intention all along was to seperate themselves and their treasure from SDCS I began to seeth. This was all a part of their grand conspiracy. It took them this long to get their 501(c)3 in place so they could execute the final act. This has never been about what's good for SDCS. It's all been part of a grand ruse to carry us all along with their plot.
And they got away with this because they are the *vast* majority of the voting members of SDCS. It could not have been stopped *even had we known beforehand*.
At the last meeting, when Claude said he was trying to persuade others in SDMUG that they should stay in SDCS, I still wanted to believe him.
I didn't believe him then. I am surprised anyone did.
Have I made myself clear enough? Is anyone willing to refute the history above and convince me that it was not all a conspiracy to separate SDMUG from SDCS?
Why would I?
I'm really surprised at the number of you that are willing to placate them, for the sake of civility and "getting along". YOU'VE BEEN CONNED!!!! Are you going to thank them?
We haven't been conned; we have been outmaneuvered and defeated. Conned would imply that we could have stopped this.
They held the cards; they played the game; they stomped people flat. That's how life goes sometimes.
The active question is which of the two paths will we walk:
1) Do you want revenge against SDMUG?
2) Do you want to get SDMUG out of the way ASAP and get on with SDCS stuff?
The two paths are mutually exclusive.
I, personally, recommend that we choose path 2. It is less satisfying, but it is more productive.
Besides, personal experience has shown that opportunities to redress karmic balance often present themselves in the future.
-a
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