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16 hours ago, Stu said:

Sure, financially healthy organizations may sometimes do go under.  But they go under because those in charge do not use the finances wisely.  For example, a corps that is financially sound yet has membership audition problems is a corps that is not using finances wisely enough to garner qualitative designers and instructional staff (which youth will always gravitate towards), or not using finances wisely enough to feed and transport the youth comfortably (which will push away youth to other corps that will treat them better). A financially sound corps that has has problems securing people to get administratively involved, such as a qualitative Board that will Sit and Govern while staying out of the daily grind and secure a qualitative ED, is one that is not using finances wisely enough to entice excellent business-minded administrators. Drum Corps is a business. Again, it is always about the money.  Even if an organization is financially sound, it is still always about the money.

I see.  So when the economy of the late 1970s and early 1980s forced kids to choose between paying for corps and paying for college, that was the fault of corps directors.  If they had used their resources more wisely, say, to lobby Congress or get the right people elected, that whole economic downturn could have been avoided, and recruiting would have continued unabated.  It is always about the money.

For that matter, all those veterans posts who ran out of veterans... if only their corps directors realized they needed to spend their money stoking a third world war to replenish their membership pool, they would all still be marching today.  It really is always about the money.

(Not really.  But what it truly always is about, for Stu, is the last word.)

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53 minutes ago, cixelsyd said:

I see.  So when the economy of the late 1970s and early 1980s forced kids to choose between paying for corps and paying for college, that was the fault of corps directors.  If they had used their resources more wisely, say, to lobby Congress or get the right people elected, that whole economic downturn could have been avoided, and recruiting would have continued unabated.  It is always about the money.

For that matter, all those veterans posts who ran out of veterans... if only their corps directors realized they needed to spend their money stoking a third world war to replenish their membership pool, they would all still be marching today.  It really is always about the money.

(Not really.  But what it truly always is about, for Stu, is the last word.)

See, I knew George Hopkins was making secret trips to decorate Kim's media room...

:16_relieved:

 

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9 hours ago, cixelsyd said:

I see.  So when the economy of the late 1970s and early 1980s forced kids to choose between paying for corps and paying for college, that was the fault of corps directors.  If they had used their resources more wisely, say, to lobby Congress or get the right people elected, that whole economic downturn could have been avoided, and recruiting would have continued unabated.  It is always about the money.

For that matter, all those veterans posts who ran out of veterans... if only their corps directors realized they needed to spend their money stoking a third world war to replenish their membership pool, they would all still be marching today.  It really is always about the money.

(Not really.  But what it truly always is about, for Stu, is the last word.)

The US Military is all about protecting your butt, keeping you alive, securing your freedoms so that you can play with your..... instrument. And oh yeah, that will always be my Word! P.S. Drum Corps is a 'business'; it is always about the money.

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