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  1. Way too quickly no planning on any collateral damage to themselves. If they slapped this man on the hand, to vent their frustration damage control could begin. This thread would be a happy thread and may be on page 2 by now. His post on Reddit would be down the list and some kids would have scholarships. No real damage to the dci brand. Now look how quickly they reacted and managed to rub their own face in the mud in the Philly Paper and placed it on the national news wires "dci-head revisited" all over again. Tomorrow school administrators get to see this over their morning coffee and reject the band directors request for housing with confidence they are doing the right thing.
  2. So much for following in The Cadets path on how to impress the press. Why did this need to happen? It boils down hurt feelings at dci. These are not the actions of a concerned governing body. If it didn't offend DCP then who did it offend them? The damage is hurt feelings on their part and we are the boss and can do what we want. What company would not oust their CEO just for today's press revisiting all the past disparaging statements to rid the company of another disparaging comment that only offended those on the BOD. The BOD again the same ones that went halfway with Fred became sick puppies yesterday over Arsenal and today are at the vet. In the real world, this is called "shooting yourself in the foot"
  3. The BOD said if anyone wants anything in the closet they must put those requests in writing and send them to Dan. Then purchase a copy the upcoming show about time. Turn your hourglass upside down and wait for the sand to move to the top when it fills you should have your answers.
  4. Where would you categorize the lost plane tickets and other wasted money? This is not a hypothetical thread there are survivors, kids that can't march, parents that lost money. Staff and Administration lost their livelihoods. Real people were involved in this symbolic point that dci is trying to make. Rules are not in place to be abused when all of us missed the disparagement in the first place. How bad or obvious was the offense if the argent fans of dci didn't spot it?. There is no higher ground for dci to achieve here. This is a spiteful initiative they met their match with this young man and they lost in the court of public opinion. It's time for dci to throw in the towel and come to terms with this situation so the survivors can be held whole, kids can march and people get their jobs back. Way more important than a few hurt feelings at dci.
  5. HockeyDad we all thought he was stating the obvious, nobody here thought any different. A fireable offense should be obvious to even us dimbulbs on DCP? Nobody wants to explain that? This thread reads better back to front, like everything about this it's upside down logic.
  6. So this is an old policy but popped it's head up to set the bar on disparagement zero tolerance. Does that open the gates for the Press to find other disparagements that are out there in cyberspace, say an off the cuff about GH that mentions The Cadets though well-intended crossed the line? Tricia has a ton of them and gathers more sent to her every day. Buckle-up!
  7. I’ve not defended them just explained what turned out to be their rationale. Big difference Agree and I am beginning to see dci's disparagement. It's not the heartfelt words. It's the title. "To All The Vets of OC & Poi" If he titled it Offering A Scholarship to OC & Pio. Would that have cleared things up? I can't get over the fact that we all read it and no one went where dci did? Everybody here wants the best things for drum corps and at the beginning of this thread, we thought it was the best thing since sliced bread? What changed? No one is more of a watchdog over drum corps than DCP how did we miss it? Are we just a bunch of old dinos that can't recognize fireable disparagement when we see it?
  8. The problem is nobody here knows what disparaging looks like until dci tells them.
  9. Thank God for Tricia she is a busy reporter who is all over her other stories but still finds time for healing at dci, way to go.
  10. I still can't believe that dci took so much offensive to this but everyone one here thought it was a great thing.
  11. It's all hearsay no burden of proof just a way for them to weasel out duck their head in the sand. They forget there is a very astute press, other social sites on their tail. They are not using any of this mans heartfelt, healing words, who is dci kidding? We all seen these same words at the beginning of this thread. They were received with rave reviews full of likes and quotes of the day. Not one poster on DCP took offense to the comments. Nobody picked up on anything disparaging and now some of the same posters are jumping all over this and defending dci, obviously w/o a mind of their own. We can add to the collateral damage exposing the shills dci placed them in a tough spot and some turned some on a dime. Perception is reality. .
  12. I been around DCP for a while and know that burden of proof is important some posters give Fred a lot of leeway in that area. GH even comes up as innocent until proven guilty. Where is the burden of proof in this case? The man is speaking in general terms about an issue concerning all youth activities in a healing manner. Where is the disparaging part that actually calls out other DCI organizations? Why would dci jump to the conclusion that "the man on the street" would view this guy using these heartfelt words as a threat to the origination and not Fred? It's all upside down.
  13. Pick Pick Pick The kids well being has been affected, monitory damage has occurred. We need the Amsler Gird to follow any logic that their membership status is an excuse to go dark on an issue with so much collateral damage.
  14. I see where Arsenal may go west as a Sound Sport Team in 2019. Once that is firmed up we decided to attend. Dci in their infinite wisdom just placed Arsenal on a pedestal for well deserved roaring crowds and tremendous ovations. The word will spread on these actions. The press, Reddit, Varsity Sports even The Medium who knows? if "Silence is Golden" or if there is such of thing as the "Sounds of Silence" dci may have banned the Wrong Song. Then since I am usually disappointed with early shows anyway we will leave. Give our ticket stubs to needly fans rub off a little of our hand stamp and let them enjoy the show.
  15. Were they suspended from Sound Sport? Is Sound Sport not worthy of respect. Not commenting is ignoring the collateral damage both mentally and financially to the Parents and MM's of one of their teams. Dci encouraged them to expand their camps beyond the maximum amount of members required for a Sound Sport Team. Then they get a bug up their butt and show the world that they don't think it is important enough to justify their actions, why? Who had it out for this guy he is a golden boy from Drexel, worked in a school district? This is political, a symbolic gesture that has inflicted pain on the survivors.
  16. This issue is making it tough to just sit there and throw up justification on why dci did whatever it did. It is just putting lipstick a pig and showing one's true objective for posting here. At least have some compassion for the survivors. Dci chose to not explain themselves like the Health & Saftey and the general well being of the Arsenal MM's is not an issue they should address and provide healing they are still a Sound Sport Team. I am all for hearing two sides to the story and giving the benefit of the doubt but will not look like a fool defending someone that thinks their #### doesn't stink and not provide any justification themselves.
  17. HockeyDad to answer your question that's if the DCP collective conscience allows me to go there. Credibility and integrity at dci can only be described on an Amsler grid because of the many fine lines that describe how one can act.
  18. They are not going to miss much. Dci has a public comment page where someone could ask a question or leave a comment. I am putting a piece together so I can man to man address my concerns about Arsenal. I will also use the comment section on Varsity Sports to let them know how much they are needed by dci. I will also tell them to watch their backs because they just jumped into a swine pit.
  19. The time and the place for these comments have come and gone, the comment fits the response the G7 corps should have had. Dci by suspending him is putting words in his mouth he never mentioned drum corps in his statement. Dci is admitting guilt if they took the offense to the comments personally. His statement is generalized and could have applied to any youth-activity that has a history of abuse. Dci does not rule over one's conscience and is acting like they can read his mind. There is no defense for their harsh, heartless reactions to an unpublished zero tolerance policy. Health & Saftey is a wide-ranging topic that dci obviously does not understand, maybe Varsity Sports should weigh in on the health effects collateral damages has on the survivors and hold dci to task.
  20. Good morning checked dci & dci twitter didn't see anything on Arsenal or how dci plans on holding the Arsenal folks would lost money or address the effects to the kids who they just silently crushed. Talk about a class action suit how about Arsenal parents v, dci they better watch out. Dci's silence on the mater has created mental scarring on the MMs who were dragged into dci's ayatollah act. What about them? I have been told on many occasions that the collective conscience on DCP does not like my posts, I get it, I am not a shill for dci. So there is a secret society within DCP that meets and punishes posters who stray outside of the cabal. Like a DCP/dci orientated social media rating no better than the Chinese social rating coming in 2020, DCP/dci is leading the way on punishing thought or so they think. If I worked for DCI I would quit over this, that's how shaken I am. If anyone thinks that I am the problem in any of this they need mental help themselves. If you can't bare your sole on DCP with other like-minded individuals what is this site the DCI Protection Planet?
  21. Below is Arsenal's post: It's a heartfelt response to a real-world reality he does not even mention drum corps. Maybe he is not a dimbulb and is going right to the root of the problem within the HS he said students, not MM's. Dci should not put words in his mouth make assumptions they are the only abusers maybe other orgs really want to fix sexual harassment. There is no way someone on the Olympic Committee would be fired speaking healing words like this about Nassar. The G7 Corps named in the press should have done this and be closer to getting some positive press as The Cadets did. I want to share condolences on behalf of myself and Arsenal Performing Arts. As students, you placed your trust in adults and leaders who you believed worked in your best interest. These adults violated that trust and placed you in harm’s way, which is inexcusable. We, as directors and educators, demand that you give your all and work your hardest, and it is shameful that there are so many among us who do not likewise give their all to keep you healthy, happy and safe.
  22. They did not reject the application since Arsenal needed to early spring to complete. There was no application. Dci stopped the application process arbitrarily today. The timeline fits the directors' version of what he said occurred. He left the meeting excited, we all found out about OC Sunday afternoon. He went home and came up with the idea Monday he obviously did not pass his idea by anyone. He used Reddit to post his idea, landed here in a flash we all loved the idea. Then this. Now silence from dci Trying to explain this away now is putting lipstick on a pig until dci explains why a promising prospect needed to fold and innocent people lost money on prebooked flights and other lost revenues, why?
  23. First place thanks for even thinking I am capable of that. It's a real step-up for me. Now if any of us were speaking coherent drum corps since last April I would have picked up on it. Maybe we should go back to the roots and build from there. PS can I say dci is played on a football field?
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