Augusta gets to set their own rules, hence why no one is forcing them to accept women and why they only just recently accepted black folks as members.
That, however, does not mean that outside folks should not suggest that they change their rules and that is precisely what happened in this case. Augusta has a very high profile owing to hosting the Masters tournament. There are many people, myself included, that would like to see that high profile used to promote a message of equality. Whether or not they do that is up to them. As for how it is different than Lucille Roberts, that's simple. It's a matter of profile, intention and comparables. Augusta, theoretically, is about playing golf and hanging out with your business peers. Being black or female doesn't have any impact on playing golf or being a business peer. Witness the fact that the CEO of the Master's largest sponsor (IBM) is female. Lucille Roberts is about a space for women to work out where they don't feel like they are being judged by men. The gender of the people at the facility is obviously directly related to the mission, the intent of the organization. Then there is the issue of comparables: Augusta is the only private club of its type that puts on an event the caliber and exposure of the Masters. It isn't like you can easily say, "oh, you can get just as high profile a golf and networking experience at club X, Y and Z". On the other hand, you can easily get the same quality gym experience (as a guy) or better at a large number of facilities. Cheers, Judah On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Augusta is a private club. They can allow whomever they wish. Members > pay dues to set the rules. > > Not sure how its any different than, http://www.lucilleroberts.com/ > > I would love to join the VFW, but, I don't meet the membership requirements. > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Brian Thornton <br...@cfdeveloper.com>wrote: >> >>> It's commonplace to know that the president is very careful to decide >>> what to speak on and what to dodge and what not... >>> >>> "We've kind of passed the time that women should be excluded from >>> anything," Carney said. >>> >> >> Obama should join August National, then he will be one of >> 300 individuals who are permitted to vote on allowing women to join. >> >> -Cameron >> >> ... >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349533 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
