Article content continued

When asked about the possibility of Chiodo not accepting the award at the Caboto Club, Moro said, “I would be sad that he would do that because it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me but that would be his decision.”

Moro said there was a good discussion Sunday at the meeting of more than 300 members and the vast majority who spoke liked the status quo. The issue could be discussed further in the future, he said. He hoped people realized that nothing could have happened at Sunday’s meeting with the constitution of the club that’s been around since 1925.

“We’re proud of who we are, what we’ve done in 93 years. All change will be made internally and not from outside sources. We will not listen to political individuals. That’s almost a case of bullying these days,” Moro said.

Moro said organizations not booking events at the private, not-for-profit group is “shortsighted” and will hurt local charities. “Who’s being hurt is the community. Those organizations that say, ‘We can’t go to the Caboto Club because they don’t have women on their board or we’re a normal fraternity,’ for example, they’re going to hurt us? They’re not hurting us. They’re hurting those groups that need our assistance.”

Moro said the board will be talking with its sister organization, the Italian Women’s Club, as planned.

The men’s club doesn’t feel it is necessary to change now, Moro said. “Let us make that decision. I don’t think we need somebody to tell us we need to be politically correct. No we don’t. We need to be who we are. We need to help our community.”

shill@postmedia.com

twitter.com/winstarhill

Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star