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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: Pickleballers on Parade Msg# 1201009
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With that said, my impression is that Joe has some sort of personal issue with the name and/or idea of pickleball in general. Perhaps someday Dr. Strangepickle will write a post on how he learned to stop hating and love pickleball, but I won't hold my breath.
Dr. Strangepickle! Good one. Russ, thanks for a thoughtful post. I write about what transpires in OPA-Land. Pickleball is just another sport that individuals can enjoy for exercise - physical and social. The same can be said of tennis or swimming, etc. Hate or love of pickleball has nothing to do with what I write about. I write about the words and actions of what looks to be a small but vocal band of pickleballers who raise self-serving issues at public meetings of the OPA Board of Directors and public committee meetings. I have also written extensively about the Election Committee, the Communications Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Search Committee, and the Bylaws & Resolutions Committee - not to mention the Board of Directors. In that case, I wrote that the Board of Directors is OPA's most valuable amenity. Lately, pickleballers have managed to grab all the headlines.
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I totally agree with the idea that all of the action should be happening outside. I also wonder why it is going to cost $200k to renovate it, although the restrooms are tiny and very much lacking. Improving them could be expensive. Showers and locker rooms would be nice, but certainly wouldn't be worth spending additional hundreds of thousands of dollars to largely benefit visiting players. I think almost all members are perfectly happy to head home to their own showers. I respect their right to air their views, although cheekily skirting the meeting rules and claiming that there is a mold issue that can't be addressed without a teardown both seem less than ideal. Of course, they could have had any number of pickleballers stand up and share similar views, so perhaps the missive wasn't so bad. As for pickleballers never being happy, how often do you encounter a group of 100+ people who regularly meet to promote/support a common interest and don't routinely generate drama and/or controversy? It seems especially rare when many of the people involved have a lot of free time on their hands. With that said, my impression is that Joe has some sort of personal issue with the name and/or idea of pickleball in general. Perhaps someday Dr. Strangepickle will write a post on how he learned to stop hating and love pickleball, but I won't hold my breath. |
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