AFM board scared of the truth
So I was totally done with the AFM. Done, gone, never coming back. But last week I received a certified letter from the AFM containing sanctimonious drivel every one of us has tried to help you and other such language which are complete falsehoods with no possible interpretation related to actual reality. But even more interesting is that the AFM voted unanimously to suspend my membership because I contested their decisions.
The issue here is that I brought a list of people who had never gone faster than me who were placed in groups higher than me to Grace and Barbara, and pointed out that their claims about group placement were clearly factually lacking. When Barbara said that her judgement was absolute and no amount of facts would sway her decision, I said that it was clear that no matter what times I did she was going to place me in Group 1 and left.
I did leave. I didn’t race the following day, nor did I attend the following race weekend. But even after witnessing this the AFM is so quaking in its boots that it felt it necessary to remove my ability to attend the meetings and complain about the treatment, or to vote against the incumbents — which is the sole effect of the board’s decision.
Yes, the AFM has spoken — question our decisions, point out that we are persistently lying to the members, and we’ll boot you from the club.
The funny thing is that I had put all this behind me, and wasn’t going to bother to engage. But frankly, since the AFM have decided that I am somehow such a personal threat that they must prevent me from attending the meetings or voting, it really shows me just how nasty and scared the AFM really is. And the completely false sanctimonious drivel really tickled me pink. The AFM at NO point did anything to make this situation better — they engaged and persisted in a personal war which was dangerous to me and everyone in Practice Group 1.
I had put this behind me, but this letter re-engaged me. I had figured that the AFM was unreachable, that they were beyond holding to account for their actions. But this letter proved otherwise. This letter proved just how scared the AFM board was of someone who actually examined the numbers and called them out on their lies. They really aren’t used to that.
It’s time the membership knew the facts, and it’s time that AFM board members are held accountable for their actions.
Next up: The past is the past. How do we improve the future for everyone?