Well Tom, considering that I am not a professional curler, I don't see
how that applies.

I checked the message board the day off the event and there was
nothing to my memory that stated the event was cancelled.

Secondly, I received no message stating there were flyers and didn't
know about the flyer until it was mentioned in passing. I may have
overlooked it, I will accept that possibility, however.

While I understand that you are personally unwilling to be liable and
wouldn't risk that - hell, I wouldn't either - but if I can't express
disappointment in something, then what's the point of having an opinion?

We are all people, not robots. And this message board should be to
express ALL views, not just those of approval.

We live in a world were attorney's control our lives, and quite
frankly, it gets rather tedious.

As is having to defend myself for having to disappoint a 7 year old
who was allowed to play in one instance, but not in another and
doesn't understand the difference.

--- In Curl_SanDiego@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <plywoodtom@...> wrote:
>
> James,
>
> I wish you would try to stay pofessional about this. You were
> apparently the only one who missed the messages about the first event
> being postponed,. Also, the flyers about the age limit were posted at
> the arena and online the first week of march - 4 WEEKS beforehand! Not
> 2 days. A couple of simple glances to our Yahoo group would have saved
> you much trouble and confusion.
>
> I know and understand you are upset that we won't llow your son to curl
> in Simi Valley. As the club president, I can be held personally liable
> for making exceptions to our policies - and I won't take that risk.
> After speaking with an attorney, I made that call, not the club. If you
> are mad, get mad at me, but please don't take this to the court of
> public opinion. It is not fair to our club and I will defend it.
>
> Tom
> SoCal Curling
>
> --- In Curl_SanDiego@yahoogroups.com, "jamesderuvo" <jamesderuvo@>
> wrote:
> >
> > So, we were due to attend the open house in Simi this Saturday (after
> > an aborted attempt last month when the even was cancelled and no one
> > bothered to tell anyone) and have been told two days before that
> > children will not be allowed to participate.
> >
> > Even though I explained that our son did quite well when we came down
> > to San Diego for an open house in December/January and he was welcomed
> > with open arms (he scored twice, BTW, using the waddle waddle slide).
> > So I guess if we want to curl as a family, we will have to go 150
> > miles out of our way when curling is just over the hill next to us.
> >
> > Now I'm beginning to understand the reputation the SoCal club has.
> >
>