Comments on: Following the Elaine Joyce Golf Debacle http://www.golfforethegood.org/2008/02/21/following-the-elaine-joyce-golf-controversy/ A Bridge Between Amateur Golf and Charitable Giving... Information and Commentary Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: eric oman http://www.golfforethegood.org/2008/02/21/following-the-elaine-joyce-golf-controversy/#comment-689 eric oman Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:38:13 +0000 http://www.golfforethegood.org/2008/02/21/following-the-elaine-joyce-golf-controversy/#comment-689 I for one never believe everything that you read or hear from the media. When there is a lawsuit involved, what and when things are said can be detremental or helpful to the case. The Town is taking this position and in my mind correct in doing so, that is probably why Elaine Joyce now has a PR person on the payroll. Stay TUNED FOLKS! I for one never believe everything that you read or hear from the media. When there is a lawsuit involved, what and when things are said can be detremental or helpful to the case. The Town is taking this position and in my mind correct in doing so, that is probably why Elaine Joyce now has a PR person on the payroll. Stay TUNED FOLKS!

]]> By: info http://www.golfforethegood.org/2008/02/21/following-the-elaine-joyce-golf-controversy/#comment-687 info Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:40:53 +0000 http://www.golfforethegood.org/2008/02/21/following-the-elaine-joyce-golf-controversy/#comment-687 I beg forgiveness. Mr Oman is correct in pointing out that there is, on the top line on the first full page of the packet, the phrase "All tournaments will follow USGA guidelines for participation." Though I'd love to blame it on the way I stapled the pages of my packet, I have to say it was an oversight on my part and I apologize to the Committee. And I truly thought I could read! However, based on the Register article, which I was told was researched and written from the actual minutes of Golf Committee meetings, I still think there was some ambiguity with regard to the <em>final</em> decision to allow co-ed tournament play. From what the public can gleen from the various published articles (and, no, I have not pulled the minutes myself and read them in full) the first decision was <em>not</em> to allow Ms. Joyce into men's tournaments. I still say, then, that based on the history of gender-bias law suits brought (and won) by women at various courses around the country, the current decision was made a little too late. But hindsight is a wonderful thing, is it not? I beg forgiveness. Mr Oman is correct in pointing out that there is, on the top line on the first full page of the packet, the phrase “All tournaments will follow USGA guidelines for participation.” Though I’d love to blame it on the way I stapled the pages of my packet, I have to say it was an oversight on my part and I apologize to the Committee. And I truly thought I could read!

However, based on the Register article, which I was told was researched and written from the actual minutes of Golf Committee meetings, I still think there was some ambiguity with regard to the final decision to allow co-ed tournament play. From what the public can gleen from the various published articles (and, no, I have not pulled the minutes myself and read them in full) the first decision was not to allow Ms. Joyce into men’s tournaments. I still say, then, that based on the history of gender-bias law suits brought (and won) by women at various courses around the country, the current decision was made a little too late. But hindsight is a wonderful thing, is it not?

]]> By: eric oman http://www.golfforethegood.org/2008/02/21/following-the-elaine-joyce-golf-controversy/#comment-686 eric oman Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.golfforethegood.org/2008/02/21/following-the-elaine-joyce-golf-controversy/#comment-686 Read the packet again, hard to miss one of the first things mentioned for all tournaments. There is no blur to the minutes of the meetings that are public information. Become informed before you speak. Read the packet again, hard to miss one of the first things mentioned for all tournaments. There is no blur to the minutes of the meetings that are public information. Become informed before you speak.

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