Terry McNew Leaving Correct Craft

[Separator]

My prediction: Gary Meloon becomes the new president/CEO. Wanna place some bets?

I met Gary last June at their headquarters in Orlando and his values and sense of God fearing approach to life shows bright!

ScottRob, I would bet against that....Its nice that you met Gary but how does the traits you mention qualify him for the job of President/CEO? :shock:

I know I would'nt hire anyone for a top exec position using that kind of qualification and traits :grin: It usually requires at least a little business knowledge. :???: We are talking a multi million dollar company here!

Maybe we could throw this up in the air for thought...He is not qualified for the job but because he has the Meloon last name and he is supposed to be a christian he could get it? :o

I hope not!

[AbunDiga909]

Whatever, I'm not whining, Hollywood. I don't know what typical response you're comparing to, but I'm not going to argue with you about it. Anyway, I think it will be interesting to see what happens to CC. After all of the changes in the past year or so, I have no clue what to expect--time will tel...

[Rhode]

Diga is right. Shoving Christianity in everyone's face with that Sunday school blessing about McNew-Is-Not-A-McJew-Or-McArabMormonBuddhistHinduFalonGong-Goody-Two-Shoes-Righteous-Man is aberrant behavior in corporate America today. I'll take a wild guess here that Messr. McNew returns to a higher paying, lesser titled job and steals a little CC market share down the road. I'll also take a wild guess that CC shakes the family tree and gets covered with leaves before they have to pay someone to rake them up and take them to the curb.

Rhode

[speck]

Austin, i don't understand that you thing it is not cool to say that someone is a wonderful christian. do we need to hear that you are a spoiled but polite jewish kid from NY? no, so what is your point? should we censor the term christian or the fact that someone is a christian so that we may not offend others? i don't think so. remember, christians worship a jewish carpenter, think about it sometime.
oi vey! (however you spell it)

[Rhode]

I don't want to speak for Diga, but my point here is that it was totally irrelevant to comment about what color underwear Mr. McNew wears in church on Sunday morning, or Saturday morning at temple for that matter... That line in the press release struck me like a self-rightous statement that Messr. McNonJew was Christian enough (!) for the Meloon and Warner families (because that is a really big deal to them) but that there were other issues in play that prompted his sudden (and unexplained) departure from the company (they couldn't say "to pursue other opportunities in the boating industry when he runs home for whatever reason). All said so far, I think it's great that the CC founders' faimilies have such a strong Chirstian faith, but it was wildly innapropriate to include that line in the CC press release. It was gratuitous and corny.

Rhode

[speck]

i can see the line as being a touch corny, but i think it says more about where Ken Meloon is at than about Terry McNew.

[todda]

The way I look at it is this: It is their company, they can stand on whatever platform they want. We buy their boats b/c they are the best, right? I have to commend a company that stands on a platform (of any kind) rather than waffling back/forth just so they don't offend a few people, or loose a few customers. Sounds to me that they believe strongly enough in their Christian faith that they aren't worried about loosing a few loyalists. Let them buy a MC Yellow_Flash_Colorz: . God's blessings CC, and keep up the good work!

Todd

[dabigkahuna]

Yea, screw the Christian approach! We need to get some really good, Ivy League educated business folk in the CC program. Who's that guy from Enron....I'm sorry, forgive me, I'm just being a smart arse. :???:

The only thing that a good Christian company is going to offer the consumer is honesty, integrity, fairness, humility, etc., etc., etc. I am **** glad that my favorite boat is backed by people I know will do the right thing, EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT THEY WILL LOSE MONEY DOING IT. Doing the right thing isn't always the easiest path, but it's the righteous path, the path that you can expect CC to take. :grin:

[DRAGON88]

The only thing that a good Christian company is going to offer the consumer is honesty, integrity, fairness, humility, etc., etc., etc. I am darn glad that my favorite boat is backed by people I know will do the right thing, EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT THEY WILL LOSE MONEY DOING IT. Doing the right thing isn't always the easiest path, but it's the righteous path, the path that you can expect CC to take. :grin:

I fail to see where Christianity falls into anything, so agnostic or non Christians have less morals and poorer business ethics? Man is a foulable race no matter WHAT their religion may be. Being "Christian" makes you no more or less foulable then your next fellow man.

I fail to see your point between a "good business" and a "good 'Christian' business." I fail to believe that anyones integrity can be judged on their choice of faith. It is, well, befuddling to me to think that people have an assumption that because a company is "Christian" they automatically have the traits "honesty, integrity, fairness, humility."

CC is not a good or trust worthy company because they are "Christian" in my mind at least. Maybe that is a selling point for some people, but for me, they are trustworthy because they have proven themselves time and time again.

[dabigkahuna]

CC is not a good or trust worthy company because they are "Christian" in my mind at least. Maybe that is a selling point for some people, but for me, they are trustworthy because they have proven themselves time and time again.

Like I said, you know what to expect from CC. Their reputation wasn't gained "automatically" due to the fact that they labeled themselves as a Christian company. CC's reputation was built on character traits such as hard work, good values, honesty, integrity and fairness (to name a few), all of which happen to coincide with Christianity. Do I think there is a difference between a company who takes pride in their values and a company who takes pride in their profits... **** Skippy! I don't know about you DRAGON88, but I know the up-close & personal side of hard-edge business, and it aint pretty! Cut-Throat is putting it mild. Dog-Eat-Dog. Of course you don't need to be a Christian to be a good and honest businessman. I guess what I am saying is that there are multiple levels on which to view life, society, and business. I choose to view them all, not just the bottom line.

[Laptom]

I'm with Austin and Dragon... It's plain st##id to put in a press relaise something like this. Why does other religions starts hating other religions? Just because of this kind of small talk. I'm a Christian, but I feel shamed.

[wake-sk8]

Personally, I think we are reading into this too much. Its just a simple line which seems to me to have been intended to reflect Terrys personality as a really nice person. (Which he is). It then goes on to say that his help during the period of transition was 'God sent', someone elses words, not Terry's. Again his help during the current transition was probably nothing short of 'God sent', especially if anyone saw the state of the old factory compared to the new place. The company is beaming itself up to an entirely new level. I don't agree with CC using religion in some of their brochures etc, as there must be people from other faiths that buy CC boats and probably don't aprreciate this. Its better in sales to rely on the quality of the product itself - and adopt a 'neutral' approach, rather than offending anyone.

Lets not forget that Terry is a great guy, whom I know personally. His loss is a sad thing for CC and devastating news IMO. His belief in the product and the CC name was flawless and he was really beginning to make a difference in waking up our favorite 'sleeping giant'. He was also independent from the 'family' and therefore could take a more subjective view. I know for a fact that he watches this site and absorbs a lot of the feedback with a positive enthusiasm. He valued our comments, listened to them and took notice of them.

I am deeply saddened by this news and wish him every success in the future. I just hope CC find someone as good to keep up the good work in getting CC out of the dark ages (on a corporate front). As a loyal CC customer I cannot say enough about how that place needs to 'get with it'. There are many things in the pipeline which will put the pressure back on the competition and I sincerely hope that they are allowed to bloom.

[surroundsound64]

I fail to see where Christianity falls into anything, so agnostic or non Christians have less morals and poorer business ethics? Man is a foulable race no matter WHAT their religion may be. Being "Christian" makes you no more or less foulable then your next fellow man.

I fail to see your point between a "good business" and a "good 'Christian' business." I fail to believe that anyones integrity can be judged on their choice of faith. It is, well, befuddling to me to think that people have an assumption that because a company is "Christian" they automatically have the traits "honesty, integrity, fairness, humility."

Have you never experienced this in the real world? You are right, man is falable no matter what religion he says he is. The difference in character, however, is when you get someone with a conviction of what is right and wrong, and when you get someone with a conviction of "I've got to get everything I can no matter how I get it." There are plenty of atheists I suppose who are honest business men simply because they have morals.

The point being that with a so called Christian, you know what to expect. If CC said they had Christian (or Christ like) morals, but put out crappy boats, had crappy service, and took advantage of their customers wouldn't you be a little more shocked than if it was a company who boasted about their disbelief in any higher being and thought the reason we were here on the earth was for self gain?

I'd agree, we're probably reading too far into this. It was once sentence in the press release. However, if you're offended by it, don't read it. I say that only because it was ONE sentence. The article wasn't about Christianity, nor did it try to convince anyone who is not a Christian to become a Christian. The 1st amendment of the Constitution give the right for people to say what religion they are. You're rights wern't violated so deal with it! All Ken Maloon was saying was that the company had been very blessed/lucky/whatever you wanna read into it that they had him to work for them.

Regardless of the religion, CC is full of good honest people. And I'm thankful for that, no matter what religion they say they are (as far as a business stand point).

[jefe]

Maybe Ken said it because he wanted to? Or maybe he said it because he knew it would mean something special to Terry!

Honestly, they are a private company and they can say what they want in their press release. You might not like it, or I might not like it, but who cares. Diga, if he lost you on that saying, then that is your decision. But don't expect him to change their viewpoints or what they say just because you don't like them talking about their Christianity.

I don't think they should be censoring what they believe just because you want them to.

And in all honestly, if they start bending to all the whining, then I would be really disappointed in them.

[Onthewater]

This CC is full of good honest people, you know what to expect, their product is the best because they have faith and morals, christians are honest, blah, integrity, fairness, yada... is bullsh*t. They are a company just like any other in to make $.

Why not price boats at a point where all workers could be paid decently, and the suits make a very comfortable living and pass saving to their customers, maybe it is just me but I detect some greed, is that christian? Who knows, they might even sell more boats.

I find it admirable that they feel strongly and are not afraid to show it, when it comes to business though, I don't buy it.