Valid??? To the best of my knowledge, US Sailing is not a huge lobby group in Washington to have the influence you're looking for.
The key to local access is... wait for it... LOCAL involvement. Boots on the ground, attending local town meetings, etc. Find a good spot, treat it well (leave it cleaner than you found it, don't require police action for the parties, etc.), and you'll go very far.
I would definitely support a subcommittee of the MHC to be formed as a think-tank to help promote best practices.
But, this is not a problem that "someone" at US Sailing can "fix," at the end of the day it requires local effort.
It's more than a little frustrating to hear people say that they want someone to fix all of their local problems in return for just writing a check for $50.
Mike
And that pretty much sums up the impotence of US Sailing. Mike everyone knows that EVERYTHING worth doing happens at the ground level by a group of dedicated and passionate individuals without a lick of help from US Sailing. In my opinion and experience US Sailing would just get in the way anyway.
So when you ask what can US Sailing do to inspire you to join US Sailing what you're really asking is what can US Sailing do without doing anything at all that will inspire you to join US Sailing, right?
