All this talk at the meetings about hearings and then the new change in policy (tried to read most of it but...) This made me wonder what kinds of stuff happens in clubs to make someone be called to a hearing. Please warn this sometimes rebel.
Unfortunately this isn't a one off kind of deal. Sometimes playing in the sandbox at our age isn't always easy. Our by-laws mandate clubs have officers and admittedly, you get what you pay for some...some are really good, some not quite as. Consequently, you may find factions within the club and folks dealing with real and or imagined slights. This one has turned uglier than most and some of the arguments you were hearing were because there was a question of due process. I tend to tune it out, sorry, but that was part and parcel of my old life and really don't want to be in the middle as a referee. The board needs some mechanism to deal with these incidents and hopefully it's one where club members find a degree of fairness.