"Twilight of the Jaycees" Excert from Gatecity Blog

This excert was taken from the gatecity blog. It appeared on Sunday, October 10, 2004. To see the entire article, go to http://gatecity.blogspot.com/2004/10/twilight-of-jaycees.html

"And when the tournament suffered, the prestige of the Jaycees suffered as well. The GGO was what gave them a place at the table in Greensboro. The tourney brought publicity and pride, and most importantly, dollars to the community and the charitable organizations it funded.But the profits declined and the charitable contributions took a nose dive, and so did the Jaycees importance in the area. You see, the GGO was the Jaycees and the Jaycees were the GGO. There was no difference. So when the tournament looked bad, they looked bad.Without the golf tournament, the Greensboro Jaycees are simply another civic organization for young people, and not even a high profile one at that. How often do you think of the High Point Jaycees? The Winston Jaycees? Be honest.To their credit, the Jaycees did an admirable job running an extremely complicated event. But they put off making needed changes too long. They put off hiring a full time director for years, and then they did not let the first one do his job. The current Jaycees also alienated their former members who could have helped them make the necessary transitions to keep them in charge along with having a professional staff."