Have you ever just wanted to start fresh? I just left an uncomfortable situtation with a club I belonged to. I got placed in the middle of an ongoing feud and bitterness to other clubs. While it was only a couple of guys who were making the noise, the club was small enough to where it impacted everyone in one way or another. I found myself getting caught up in this and soon became bitter and started to shy away from contest and finishing models. I believed the oppinions and became very disgusted with the whole modeling hobby. But things changed. I began to develop friendships with other clubs' members and found out that what being said at home just wasn't true. I told the main source of negativity just what I thought of him and told the rest of the club that, while I value the individual friendships I made, I had grown fed up with the club on a whole. It was like a giant weight was lifted off my shoulders. I'm enjoying myself in a hobby that I have been in since childhood. I'm looking forward to contest for what they are, a way to show off my work. I go by "JL" here in Armorama because I want to start fresh. Thanks for letting me ramble on. It was something I had to get off my chest.

I know what you mean mate I belong to a scooter club we have a website with an un-moderated message board which you could post under anyname you felt like however we had some arseholes comming on and getting really personal insulting other members or posting as a mmeber and bad mouthing others for some reason a lot got directed to or was posted as me. Got to a point the other week were it almost caused some serious friction so we now have changed the board were you now require a log in all the nasty posts have soon stopped .
On a brighter side it's also got the club to try and sort things out been on a bit of a side over the past 18 months

Clubs... well, I actually don't 'believe' in clubs. It's just not my thing. I even found it difficult to fit in my church. :-)

My house is open for my modelling friends on mondayevening and we just sit, talk and build together at the diningtable. If they want to come, they come, if not; no problem. No obligations, what so ever.

Sometimes we discussed to go 'public'; to start building evenings in the serre of my friends house were there is room for more people. We could leave invitations in the LHS and so. But when we talk about that, it also brings up the organisation, membershipfee (for coffee etc.), obligations, leadership and indeed agrumente between members and even members you rather see leaving etc...
This turn the whole ideadown, so we build just together and visit contest and meetings as individuals...

Actually; Big A is my modelclub!!!

Paul

Greetings, JL...
I can relate 100% to what you have said, Bro, but unfortunately any time that you get a bunch of people together in a club you're going to have this sort of thing...throughout my life I have been involved in many organizations and clubs, and have seen this in just about all of them...what's most important though, is to try and focus on why the club was formed in the beginning, and not to dwell on the negative aspects...if you've got a good solid group of people with a sincere interest in keeping a club together, than trust me, things will work out..
Gunny

"I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member." -- Groucho Marx

That is my philosophy, too.


Shaun

Yes am a member of 2 types of clubs - one is informal and we look forward to seeing each other once a month -the other has property and club rooms and I was just asked to resign from the committe cause I got a job - sometime small brains are those who are attracked to the bigger clubs- I always get more done with people from small more casual groups cos no one is on a power trip or holding the 'large' purse
ian

Thanks guys. Good to hear that I not alone.

Kenny - aka "JL" :-)