Re: "Message from USAs Top Representatives to WDC World Championships"
Montag, 14. Juli 2008 20:46
Sorry about this. I take time responding and when ready to post I am asked to log on again, and get only this scrambled message.
@quicktime2
It does not matter how you put it. Either the competition is Open, open to all "properly registered"dancers, or it is Closed, and admission allowed just to dancers who belong to that competition's sanctioning organisation.
It is only expected that the participants abide and respect the house Rules governing the event, and if the Rule is that participants must kneel and bow to let say IDSF logo , so be it, and if you are expected to sing a "song of happiness", you will be expected to at least move your lips.
If you wish to be a guest in my house, I expect you abide and respect the house rules, mu house rules, and you will be expected to remove your shoes and not to smoke inside. If you do not like it you have a choice to stay out in the cold, or not visit.
However it made my day brighter knowing you are glad, just note, I made a general statement and it applies to all. If it happens to fit IDSF so be it, I am sure it applies to many others.
@sambatogo
On rare occasion I may valid point ? And you call me condesceding ? You mean even a blind chicken find the grain - type of a comment ? Even if true, is it better to make a valid point just on a rare occassion, rather than make no point at all, resorting to just patting those you agree with ontheir back , encouraging them to go on ?
I seek no congratulations and agreement. You may have missed the point It is NOT about money, in fact it is not about the money at all.
It is about the respect for other organisations to whom dancers belong. Its about respecting the dancers.It does not matter if you require a payment, give out free memberships, or request that your members wear a dog collar.
For dancers it has little to do with the money, I believe. ;The membership is a symbol. Dancers who drop thousands for a single gown, hundreds for lessons, would not even wink to pay $25 for something useful. What dancers object is the reason for the payment, the hidden agenda the feeling they are being taken advantage of, they may feel disrespected.
For the organizations membership is all about power, control, and fees are important, without moneys organisations seize exist.
If you spread Good Will you'll receive it back, it is like looking in the mirror. You smile, the image smiles back at you, you grin, a grin you get back. You know the old action and reaction, in opposite direction type of a natural law ? At the end people, and also organization get exactly what they deserve, and their ill conceived actions, just like our own actions are like a boomerang. It flies away, sometimes you think it will never come back, but it does, and it hits hard when you least expect it.
It pays off to be nice.
Just as I responded to Quicktime2, I seek no approval.
Just because two people have some differences does not mean they must be enemies, in fact they may agree on many things. People are often not upset with the message, people get upset with the method, and delivery of the message.
I am surprised you are in agreement with Barry who, in my opinion has misunderstood rather confusing message. I completely agree with the poster who wrote promise of recognition and cooperation does not mean USA judges would always be invited..
I hope WDC has a method of selecting judges randomly, just as IDSF does, so that everyone, every country has equal opportunity to send a judge, to judge fairly the way the dancers want.
Again, sorry about this   mess, the forum does not like people loitering...
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