Post by Cas on Jun 10, 2014 16:47:13 GMT 10
With a very heavy heart and much personal debate I feel I have no choice but continue on the road I have chosen. Let's clear the air a little. I am no longer Casper the friendly ghost. That side of me feels kicked, used and taken advantage of. I'm now Casper the shy, protective and doesn't want to play any more. People think I am an insensitive person or a just a common bloke.. HOW WRONG YOU ARE!!!!
What has brought me to this point, is a number of things and some of you already know all the details. Others, well you have been lucky and spared the truth. I'm sure the truth will come out in the end. The people who know the truth, will I hope, understand where I am coming from.
SRA hasn't been just another group for me. A lot of you have become friends and then some, what I would call family. It is for this reason that I personally am, firstly, hurt and secondly, agonising over what has been going on around me in the past few weeks. I don’t wish to hurt or let anyone down in any way but I can't help but feel I may have. For me, thinking about SRA is no longer positive. I'm finding it harder to trust people and I'm totally disillusioned with what I had thought was a great group.
I feel I can't be a part of SRA anymore, due to the issues that have come to light. I will no longer be bringing others into this group, while I know these issues remain and continue within SRA. Changes can be made but I don't see how it will help, for too many have their own views on SRA. Some seem to see it as a platform to do what they like. Friendships have been torn into pieces.
I am stepping out of the lime light till I decide if and when I feel comfortable to continue my membership. 22nd June, on this day SRA Hunter Area has a ride, because of the effort already put in and that I am expected to be there, I will attend. For the my own reasons, I feel it will be my last ride until I have decided my next action.
All members out there remember this... You are representing SRA while you are wearing your badges and patches, talking to others about SRA and riding with other riders who are not members. Some of us like myself have brought new members into SRA and when those new members become the target of what a few rotten apples have done, that (in my case) cause a backlash that I wasn't ready for. I never expected the lies, the back stabbing, the pumping up of egos. That wasn't what SRA meant to me.
The lack of respect for what our founder started, lack of respect for our members private lives and their well being, the lack of appreciation for the members who, with all good intentions, opened their homes to fellow members.
These problems will not go away if not properly dealt with. These problems will only continue if we choose to think they will go away or disappear. I believe current and future members will find this out the hard way.
In the last few weeks, I (and one other) have done nothing but defend some members, asked others not to leave SRA and to wait for change to happen. I watched one member, who had became a close friend, move on with little to no hope getting him back. THIS IS NOT WHAT SRA means to me.
All this is because of the actions and behaviour of other SRA members. My spirit/passion, whatever it is you all saw, has now been shattered into so many pieces that I don’t know where to start looking to find them again. I have lost so much faith in this that I myself don't understand how I got here. I am very saddened by the fact that my lack of judgement in character and the blind trust I placed in some, has put friends and loved ones in harms way.
Later all.
Rusty george
What has brought me to this point, is a number of things and some of you already know all the details. Others, well you have been lucky and spared the truth. I'm sure the truth will come out in the end. The people who know the truth, will I hope, understand where I am coming from.
SRA hasn't been just another group for me. A lot of you have become friends and then some, what I would call family. It is for this reason that I personally am, firstly, hurt and secondly, agonising over what has been going on around me in the past few weeks. I don’t wish to hurt or let anyone down in any way but I can't help but feel I may have. For me, thinking about SRA is no longer positive. I'm finding it harder to trust people and I'm totally disillusioned with what I had thought was a great group.
I feel I can't be a part of SRA anymore, due to the issues that have come to light. I will no longer be bringing others into this group, while I know these issues remain and continue within SRA. Changes can be made but I don't see how it will help, for too many have their own views on SRA. Some seem to see it as a platform to do what they like. Friendships have been torn into pieces.
I am stepping out of the lime light till I decide if and when I feel comfortable to continue my membership. 22nd June, on this day SRA Hunter Area has a ride, because of the effort already put in and that I am expected to be there, I will attend. For the my own reasons, I feel it will be my last ride until I have decided my next action.
All members out there remember this... You are representing SRA while you are wearing your badges and patches, talking to others about SRA and riding with other riders who are not members. Some of us like myself have brought new members into SRA and when those new members become the target of what a few rotten apples have done, that (in my case) cause a backlash that I wasn't ready for. I never expected the lies, the back stabbing, the pumping up of egos. That wasn't what SRA meant to me.
The lack of respect for what our founder started, lack of respect for our members private lives and their well being, the lack of appreciation for the members who, with all good intentions, opened their homes to fellow members.
These problems will not go away if not properly dealt with. These problems will only continue if we choose to think they will go away or disappear. I believe current and future members will find this out the hard way.
In the last few weeks, I (and one other) have done nothing but defend some members, asked others not to leave SRA and to wait for change to happen. I watched one member, who had became a close friend, move on with little to no hope getting him back. THIS IS NOT WHAT SRA means to me.
All this is because of the actions and behaviour of other SRA members. My spirit/passion, whatever it is you all saw, has now been shattered into so many pieces that I don’t know where to start looking to find them again. I have lost so much faith in this that I myself don't understand how I got here. I am very saddened by the fact that my lack of judgement in character and the blind trust I placed in some, has put friends and loved ones in harms way.
Later all.
Rusty george
