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Originally Posted by Deeno
if you are a regular (no one in the above list) you would know there is a 'back door' way in....
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While I plan to stay well away from getting embroiled in this general debate, I must take exception to the above statement.
The inference is that if you were part of the "in crowd" you would have the secret knowledge about a back door way in to the Pony Club. Apparently there is an A list, and a B list. Even though I have attended the PC dozens of times over a number of years, I am, it would seem, on the B list. This is a bit hard to swallow, given that I started up the central coast observing group, with Mike Salway, Froggy and Wayne (Trufflehunter) in early 2005, and when I attend the PC, I usually forsake my own observing interests to share my scope with newbies and others keen to take in the views through a larger aperture telescope, including the A listers.
In the discussion each month about the impending New Moon night at the PC, there is always discussion to ensure a keyholder will be coming so we can get in. No one from the "in crowd" has ever indicated that it was not necessary to use a key to access the site - and have in so doing allowed a misunderstanding to be perpetuated. Because of this exclusive behaviour, three keen people missed out on the opportunity to observe last weekend while the A list drank in the clear dark skies of Bretti. Thanks guys! Such behaviour undermines trust, and ultimately destroys the sense of community which I, and many others, have worked so hard over the years to build.