RSGBech/Pontins .......

The above summarises how the group operates, but, for convenience, we use the RSGB internet guidelines which the owner helped develop.

so open to all radio amateurs was a lie .....

Welcome to RSGBTech, an independent group open to ALL radio amateurs to discuss amateur radio related technical matters

Pontins....tee tee

Wrong group again?

Cheers, T i m

In message <s1nel2$cfu$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, Jimmy Stewart snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com writes

To misquote Groucho Marx, ?I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have YOU as a member?

OR...I would hate to belong to a club that has MM0FMF as a member.....

no

never mind hon sec

? I think most organisations like clubs with a fee are able to decide who they allow in. Its the grounds under which they do this which could be an issue. Not heard of this one myself, but there has to be a clause at the very least that says a person can be ejected for whatever behaviour is considered bad. Brian

But if they are black balled before even joining ? .....

like Pontins ...

"It is hard not to draw comparisons with an 'undesirable poster' list and the signs displayed in hotel windows fifty years ago, explicitly barring Irish people and Black people.

Quite, however, you can understand why people also have an obligation to protect the interests of the vast majority of their customers against the behaviour / attitude of others, irrespective of anything.

Whilst on a family holiday we arrived at a campsite and was greeted by a hand written sign that stated 'No Motorcycles'. Now, we weren't about to park our bikes at the gate and carry our gear to the site so we went round the corner to another site. I went to the reception and asked if they accepted motorcycles and they said 'Yes, we accept anyone and you can stay as long as you behave yourself'. So, given we would have 'behaved ourselves' just the same way if we had walked, cycled or driven in in the car, we stayed a couple of night and all was well.

After to speaking to the site owners, it turned out the other site had had a large and rowdy group of 'Bikers', many of their other customers had left and they didn't want to risk that again, both for their reputation and revenue.

The issue here is that these groups aren't likely to be 'reasonable', even when reasoned with and so it's easier / safer to prevent rather than try to cure.

Just in the same way may public parks have fairly low height barriers that will prevent access to many reasonable law abiding people in camper vans whilst any groups likely to abuse the facility will simply break their way in (although I think that puts them at a legal disadvantage if they do).

The problem of course is where you draw that line and knowing you, I too would draw it just in front of you. ;-)

Any society / group only works well when all parties have the same level of cooperation and respect (for both the rules and so each other).

Cheers, T i m

Has Brian rejected you again.

You can't be rejected brian if you never applied .....

Have you ???

has he....no...never had to ...