Both Augusta National and Lucille Roberts limit membership to their clubs based on the sex/gender (and in Augusta's case, wealth) of the individual seeking membership.
Simplified? Maybe. Untrue? Nope. I also don't think either should be forced to change those policies. If they receive public funds, however, then I have an issue with their policies. On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > 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:349538 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
