Founders Club?
"I didn't pay my dues for a few reasons. First, I forgot. Second, I don't see what it gets me being over 300 miles away. I usually only make the party or the breakfast but rarely both. I don't play golf, so that tournament they put on for themselves every year means nothing to me. But the most important reason, is that like so many other Green Coaters, I don't feel like I matter any longer, and I don't feel the GCC (Green Coat Club) matters to anyone either. This move by them is further evidence that we don't really matter. I saw a LONG time ago, when the tournament started to pull away from the Jaycees that soon after that the GCC would not be needed either. There was that feeble attempt to change our patches to our coats, that went over like a lead balloon.
Do we really think these "movers and shakers" want to be part of a group like the GCC? Is a green coat that important to them? How soon before they raise the dues to make it an "exclusive" membership.
I am (along with many other Green Coaters) VERY proud of my coat, and what it represents. It means something to me, because of what I did to get to that level of leadership within the Jaycees. It meant I secured a place in our history (not only as a president, but a female one). It means that people believed in me to be the president of what I still consider the greatest leadership opportunity for young people. If we are going to just give coats away to people who didn't "EARN" them, I feel a little less pride in wearing mine.
I hope someone can make the "meeting" If you do, please feel free to share my thoughts."
Barbara Esquibel
2001 Greensboro Jaycee President
(This email was reprinted without Barbara's premission and the ggoblogger wanted you to know that he is proud to have served as her president-elect.)
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