http://forum.iww.ie/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=901
Sorry but I feel that this description is a slap in the face for some people. And it displays a massive ignorance of the facts.seanmc wrote:Was it too much to hope for that all this bickering and lack of co-operation be put behind us so that we as a group of paddlers could move on and progress the sport in Ireland?
There was serious fraud and financial impropriety happening within the ICU, some people were ok with it/clueless/in denial, others were not. The CEO has been fired. The high court even had serious questions with how things were run. Steps to make sure it doesn't happen again are in progress. The people who spent the last number of months under fire by people with questionable motivations and morals, and the misguided, should be praised for the work they have done. They have saved the ICU from its inevitable demise, a demise caused by numerous leeches sucking the ICU dry.
Edit: It has been pointed out that my reply might seem overly aggressive at what is clearly a joke on Seans part. I'll admit his opening part hit a nerve. There are some awesome people involved in the TDU, new people and people who have come back to the ICU after already putting a lifetimes worth of work into the ICU. And there are some great plans being enacted. But there are others in the TDU that will just use it as a new battlefield, these are the leeches that were sucking at Mick Scanlons tit for the last 10 years and want to continue on.
The TDU is a vital part of the ICU, and hopefully it will continue to be. The ICU AGM will be happening soon, let the relationship between the ICU and the TDU be ironed out there, in the open, because if there are any changes made to the relationship now its no more than backroom dealing.