Re: GPC does not promote this sport

I can't believe I just spent a half an hour replying to you and 
accidentally erased it. Maybe it was supposed to be. I will just say 
this,

We need to be able to resolve our differences, work out our conflicts in 
a way that builds on the sport not breaks it apart. I think we have the 
elements in front of us to pull this vision of a united, worldwide 
pumpkin organization together but their is a great deal of stubborness 
to cut through on the part of the major organizations involved. I can 
understand Pumkinguy's attitude of smaller groups simply working 
together but to be so close to fullfilling this visionary idea of a 
United Pumpkin World only to fall short is just too frustrating for me 
to lay back and not speak out. I am not trashing anything accept peoples 
unwillingness to let go the past for the sake of a better future. Nuff 
said.

Joe Mills

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>Those are some harsh words Joe...because everything in the past has 
brought
>us to where we are today...there has been alot of hard work to get
>here.....and ideally i would like to see one strong 
organization.......but
>that is my vision .. perhaps my quirk.....nice and tidy and everyone 
gets
>along ......but the problem is not everyone sees my vision my way.... 
not
>everyone will agree on whats the most important part about this 
game......i
>really think that you can't trash other organizations for their 
differences
>or their own visions........besides don't you think that this sport is
>alive and well and creating new challenges of growth pains...ever
>changing...that perhaps the answers aren't known yet.......and what 
would
>be wrong with different opinions and different approaches...different
>goals........the common thread being we all love to grow these
>monsters....brock
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>>In answer to Jon Hunts reply to an "open discussion" concerning SPGA
>>weighoff site, he mentioned the GPC as "promoting the grower". The GPC
>>certainly does support it's growers but it does almost nothing to
>>promote the sport of Giant Pumpkin growing. In my talks with them it 
was
>>made clear in exact words that they are not interested in promoting 
the
>>sport, that what expansion takes place is completely grower driven, 
not
>>GPC driven. It seems that the structure in place to maintain the GPC
>>organization is very close to being stressed to it's maximum capacity.
>>It is no wonder that they are not interested in promotion. The WPC's
>>approach to organizing an international weighoff was to give it a
>>business structure to work within, incorporation being a part of the
>>plan. Dissatisfaction with the head of that "corporation" led to the
>>creation of the GPC. In contrast to the dictatorial nature of the WPC
>>workings, a looser, steering committee approach was set up. trying to
>>keep growing AGs fun and simple again.
>>In the short run a badly needed element that had been lost under the
>>business approach was regained but it did not leave the GPC with a 
solid
>>structure to deal with the ever increasing popularity of the sport. We
>>now find the world of competitive pumpkin growing showing stress
>>fractures(Howard Dill exiting for one example and there are others) As
>>someone who cares deeply for the sport and feels its promotion would
>>make this world a better place, the GPC's attitude is certainly
>>troublesome. In the south, where the GPC has made few inroads, their
>>support for the grower does not seem adequate. Without any plan for
>>promoting the sport, let alone in our area of the country, it leaves 
the
>>SPGA not a great deal of choice but to be independent in hopes for a
>>better future organization that would have the Southern growers 
concerns
>>at heart as well as the future of the sport. It reminds me of Russia,
>>when it's structure was no longer able to support it's size and
>>eventually we saw the demise of the state, it breaking up into a 
number
>>of smaller countries.
>>
>>Sorry to paint such a bleek picture but we need to address these 
issues
>>sooner then later. I don't see a great deal of hope that the WPC and 
GPC
>>could ressolve their differences for the sake of the sport. It may 
take
>>another generation, one that can positively address the conflicts of 
the
>>past, take what is good from both and construct a solid base for the
>>expansion of the fine sport of giant pumpkin. Outside of all this, we
>>still have our patches. See ya there.
>>
>>
>>Joe Mills
>>SPGA
>>
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