We've lost some of the Old Guard chapter members due to our change in meeting location. We met for years in the Brooklyn neighborhood south of Baltimore. I liked the venue because its my kind of dump - small neighborhood bar, great food (usually fried seafood or red meat & potatoes) & cheap drinks. REALLY cheap drinks - $2.25 beers & $2.50 mixed drinks. It is not a terribly professional venue, however, and much of the Board decided it was time to move. That was sometime prior to my activity at the Board level in 2001. It took us a couple years, but finally made the move full time in August 2004. We now meet at the Admiral Fell Inn in the Fells Point neighborhood next to downtown.
Its been a mixed blessing - we have some new members & some members who will attend in Fells Point, but not Brooklyn. However, there are a number (less than 10) members who still go to Brooklyn on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Most are not a tremendous loss, but some are. Their feelings are hurt because of the move. Some feel the Board cheated them somehow. Some feel we didn't give them a chance to voice their opinions. Whatever, . . .
The question is - how to we get these people back in the fold? Or, do we need them back in the fold? I almost wrote "want them back" but I think we do want them back, but do we need them?
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