Thanks for the reply Andy. You touched on all the points i was interested in. One concern i have with the whole procedure is the Blank Ballots. I feel that a panel of neutral individuals not directly involved with current BOD or incoming hopefulls should be in charge of the blank ballots. I think it should also be made public to the membership how many of these blanks are printed and eventually used. All this is kinda wishful thinkin maybe, considering Mr Allen couldnt even tell us if membership was up or down. Makes ya think its gonna be tough to even have the ballots printed  when ya dont know how many members you have, wouldnt ya think?  Hey Andy, that sounds like a good job for you to spearhead, whatya think???