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mcrowder,
Without being too repetitve, my association has the same problems that yours seems to. It doesn't really make any difference if you come to meetings, clinics or even take a test. When the season comes you'll be on the field because bodies are needed. When the association bids for the contract and gets it (generally through the good ol' boy network) they have to put SOMEONE on the field. Often those someones can be the guy who had "more important" things to do than go to the clinics, or the baseball guy (baseball guys please don't take offense) who is "doing us a favor" by appearing on a softball field with obvious disdain for the game, or the vet who hasn't opened up a rulebook since 1979.
This is my 7th year doing this and the one thing I can say, mcrowder, is that I want to work with guys like you. You may not have all the the answers(who does)but you seem to be willing to keep trying to do it right. I know it's frustating out there but I bet when some newer guys in your association see that they're working with a vet like you they breath a sigh of relief.
I think that normally the good things in life outweigh the crap. Try to keep up the good fight.
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