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Posted by kartguy on 5/29/2007, 9:48 am What you have experienced here "could" be called your perception of the facts. This wonderful grey area is where most organizations like to hide to make their decisions justified in their own minds, and to make you feel that you have done something wrong by merely questioning their actions. The perception game can be manipulated everywhere from making a judgment on a racing situation to deciding who gets what at the end of the season. The question is, can the perception of others be controlled. After all a person or group of people are going to believe what they believe. The key here i think is consistency. If a rule is made, it is made for all. If the rule is everyone must wear a white shirt, then the person with the blue shirt must go. A vague example yes, but a simple point made. The minute we allow the blue shirt in, we must abandon the white shirt rule or face the PERCEPTION that the blue shirt has been treated differently from all the others. It doesn't matter what excuse or reason the blue shirt was allowed to enter, it will most certainly create a multitude of perceptions among all that are wearing the white shirts. I'm not saying it's easy to do, and there will always be someone who will feel they have been wronged, but this is what has to be controlled in our clubs. The quote "don't worry about what others think" does not apply in this situation. Way too much in my head to write and just how long can you make a post?? Edited for punctuation - 04/09/07
I enjoyed this post so much I had to keep it from deletion...It has saved me lots of cash in the last few karting season...I call it
"The Perception spin - gone but not forgotten"
For sure it seems as if the rules where changed just to count you out of your accomplishment (did you have the right colour kart? Did you affect any chosen one's race during the season? Did you tick someone off? Not a buddy or sibling of someone on the board? WRONG engine builder??
We can all understand that clubs and organizations have to have limits and cut off points (its not like they have endless money) but in all fairness it should be the same for all classes. If the class was small, make it top 5, if large top ten maybe, and be consistent in that decision. Make and post these rules at the start of the season and let your members set their goals. If changes have to be made due to finances the clubs should see this coming and inform the members before the change not after the fact.
What has happened here with you is just another injustice (my perception & maybe many others) laid out by the decision makers. No matter how you question the decision you will always come out the winer or the cry baby or the guy that is hard done by. You see you cant win in the perception game because there is nothing to solidly back up your claim. It's what i like to call the spin on things. Some have mastered this craft (many past presidents and board members) and can justify anything they do as long as you cant show the picture of their hand in the cookie jar (if you can see what i mean). Perception is what YOU believe and not what someone else might believe. Perception can be denied eg. "you did that on purpose">>"no i didn't". And you have no way of proving otherwise. Does this make my argument clearer to those that haven't understood so far???
What the directors should be thinking first and foremost is exactly "what are the members thinking"
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