[SEL] Insurance and safety rules/ and now the BS

[Jeff Allen]

Hi Gene and list,

It is sad but true that the folks in power are not PC younger folks. 
They have all been members for some time, and they don't like any new or 
fresh ideas. Same old same old. Why change, or even attempt to change 
for the better. A good example is the show I tried to put together for 
July. I can do it with their blessing, but it won't be sanctioned by the 
club, and they won't run it in the newsletter. As a new member I haven't 
made enough contacts to put a show together. I need the newsletter to 
reach members interested in a show.

I received a response from the VP today. I didn't get kicked out, 
probably because I own the clubs domain. Not real bright on their part. 
I did get a line of BS though, or I'm a complete idiot and have no idea 
what I read.

<snip>

> "Insurance: using your example, Jeff, if you want your grand-son 
> behind the ropes at Cider Days feel free to do so. I don't think it is 
> a good idea but you know him better than I. You can have him sit on 
> your running engine if you want. If he is with you he is NOT insured 
> by our insurance anyway.

The short one (age 7) can't be insured by the club. He is too young as I 
read the minimum age is 14. Since he is not a member or insured wouldn't 
he be considered a spectator? Aren't spectators supposed to be covered 
by the insurance? Oh, and the part about "spectators are strictly 
forbidden in any running display area" doesn't apply to him because...? 
I'm sorry but I don't understand. Guess I are a idiot. Time for a break.

Jeff
PS, Define "collectable" Gene. I have enjoyed watching engines like 
yours run several times. That's what counts.


Gene Waugh wrote:

>Jeff,
>
>I have been following this thread with interest.
>
>I am a very low key old engine fan.  I have a couple cheaper engines, but
>nothing really "collectible".  IH As (both sizes), a Sattley solid flywheel
>hit n miss.
>
>Also, I have several old(er) David Bradley walk-behind garden tractors and
>associated implements.
>
>I say all of this to point out that I am by NO means one of the powerhouses
>in the old engine movement.  But NOWHERE have I been able to find a more
>likeable group of folks, and I surely do enjoy their company and engines.
>My involvement with the hobby is just as (or more so) social than as a
>collector.
>
>I am also becoming an elder statesman (curmudgeon?), and there is NO WAY I
>could deal with the "PC" rules that your club has adopted.  
>
>IMHO, the younger, more PC attuned folks have attained management / power of
>the club, and are going to take it to where THEY want to take it, not where
>most of the members want to take it.   
>
>My solution with such truck has been simply to accept it and go my own way;
>I have come to accept that there is no way I can stop or change it.
>
>
>Gene
>Gene Waugh
>Elgin, Illinois USA
>
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