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Old 12-20-2005, 07:05 PM   #84
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Originally Posted by winnilaker
now explain to me who is the secret society.
I can't speak for Winnfabs. Nor would I wish to. And keep in mind that Winnfabs is just a drop of water in the flood of support for HB162. But I am confused about your point. Are you saying that Winnfabs is a "secret society" because they state publicly and emphatically what their well-defined and specific goal is, and deny membership to those who differ? How's that a "secret society"? Just sounds more like an exclusive ad hoc organization to me.
On the other hand, NHRBA/Winnilakers professes itself to be an "all inclusive" and "democratic" organization formed to represent the rights of "all boaters", but does not even allow most of its own members full access to its website. What's that all about? Do you count those members in when you quote your membership size? Since they can't even make their opinions known to the organization, how do you know they are not on our side? For all you know, many of them might have been fooled by the sailboat photos on the home page into thinking it was a sailing organization, but now have no way to view your own forums to find out what the group is really about.

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Originally Posted by winnilaker
So I guess I'm surprised if you don't know who the rep is!!
How could I know when you will not tell me? Sounds made-up to me. Doesn't seem like something you'd need to hide if it was true.
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