Jump to content

G7 Update


Recommended Posts

These rules are not enforced in general (see the show threads filled with copyrighted non-self-authored tweets which are not removed). And this kind of message is not what the rules are meant to apply to in any case.

Actually the last time a G7 email was posted, it was deleted.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Drum Corps Planet Community Guidelines

(Updated: December 2009)

.

Posting Guidelines: Members shall not post --

--emails, private messages, instant messages and anything not written by the person doing the actual posting

--

Fine. Can you paraphrase? I think we all can sum it up:

1. Inelegant take over attempt of the DCI BOD by the G7 in 2010, which ended in all the G7 children taking their balls and bats and going home, resigning from the board.

2. Simmer 3 years. DCI board members, let's call them the "adults" in this scenario, actually take the extraordinary action of allowing the G7 children 6 of their very own private contests in 2013.

3. Another take over attempt today by the children, who now identify themselves as the "7", laughingly disguised as a noble gesture to have a "do over" and return to the concept of the top 12 being the BOD members.

Does that about cover it?

Edited by HockeyDad
  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

If you want to express your feelings to the non-G7 corps, here's a list of their listed-on-dci.org contact email addresses:

mark@arizonaacademy.org, bknights@bknights.org, brad@bluestars.org, info@crusaders.com, execdirector@seattlecascades.org, colts@colts.org, fredmorrison@crossmen.org, tom@glassmen.org, bob@jerseysurf.org, dci@madisonscouts.org, remar747@aol.com, director@oregoncrusaders.org, pompel@pacific-crest.org, dbcpmilw@execpc.com, tsnead@spiritdrumcorps.org, info@troopersdrumcorps.org

If you want to express your feelings on this to the G7 corps, here's a list of *their* contact emails:

admin@bluedevils.org, dglasgow@bluecoats.com, hopkins@yea.org, info@carolinacrown.org, director@cavaliers.org, prinfo@regiment.org, a-corps@scvanguard.org

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Maybe. But it wasn't addressed to just the other dci directors. Go back and take another look. It was addressed to the membership of drum corps international. Whatever that means....

Does not matter who the email was addressed to...

Was it an Email? Yes

Was it written by the Poster? No

The DCP rule...

Members shall not post ---emails, private messages, instant messages and anything not written by the person doing the actual posting

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Actually the last time a G7 email was posted, it was deleted.

A private email between individuals expecting privacy is what the policy is meant to address, so that deletion was proper. This is essentially an open letter, not addressed to individuals, written as a public statement, with no prior expectation of privacy from the recipients.

Edited by skywhopper
  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Anyway ....

Why does finishing in the top 12 on the field qualify you for membership on the board?

Makes no sense at all if you think about it.

The judges get to decide the board membership? Sorry that's just plain stupid.

Seriously? The idea here is for the "7" to gain control of the board, by establishing a 12 member board. They'll then have the majority. 7 votes versus 5 votes. This is just their latest attempt of packaging the thing.

  • Like 8
Link to comment
Share on other sites

A private email between individuals expecting privacy is what the policy is meant to address, so that deletion was proper. This is essentially an open letter, not addressed to individuals, written as a public statement, with no prior expectation of privacy from the recipients.

I'll bet that email was addressed to individuals. The poster just deleted the email headers. Open letters generally are posted in a public place like a newspaper or a website.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Anyway ....

Why does finishing in the top 12 on the field qualify you for membership on the board?

Makes no sense at all if you think about it.

The judges get to decide the board membership? Sorry that's just plain stupid.

The logic of the proposal is not the point. The point is the G7 wants control of DCI. A "top 12" board would give them control. That's the only reason. Appealing to a past structure is just political cover along with the hope that they can get the non-G7 top 12 to go along with the proposal. But if Boston or BK or Madison or Spirit or Crossmen votes for this proposal, they'll be signing their own death warrant. Once the G7 controls the board, the other five members will have zero power.

Edited by skywhopper
  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'll bet that email was addressed to individuals. The poster just deleted the email headers. Open letters generally are posted in a public place like a newspaper or a website.

My point is that those recipients did not agree to get a private message. Further, the content of the email is the key point: it's written as a public statement. Also, regardless of the email headers, the message was *not* addressed to individuals, it was addressed to the DCI membership.

Edited by skywhopper
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...