Yep, That sounds like Dean.... Usually, he insists that you honor his request for all communication to be private.
He is a staunch defender of Gary Bodie, Multihull sailing coach, and the screw-up who attempts to override PU... the PRO's safety concern at the OCR's. The bozo who can't figure out that a mixed teams at the ISAF F18's will be DSQ's cause they are not both men! and so on and so on.
BUT.... US Sailing Olympic is not using the membership dues that we send in!!! I think this is a popular misconception. Brenner to his credit is out raising lots more money then previous administration
How US Sailing supports Multihull sailing is NOT dominated by this Olympic BS...
We should not throw the baby out with the bath water.
We must press the point that this decision is unfair, wrongheaded and short sighted.
NOR should we stop holding US Sailing's feet to the fire for continued support of all of the programs that we do use. Junior ISAF championships... Alter cup. Rules, Appeals, judges, training, ratings and so on.
Finally, It's hard to argue the point that we, the catamaran community need to build a top to bottom training program. The mono's have a program through college which can lead a sailor to international competition. Catamarans have a far less coherent program. That is going to be our responsibility if we want a different result in 4 years.