I&#039;ve never posted here before and won&#039;t after this, but I cant take it no more.  I guess I&#039;d call myself the average member.  I&#039;ve been reading this message board since the whole thing started.  I used to come here just to read about tractors.  I liked the magazine before, I like it now.  I&#039;ve met Sherry and I&#039;ve met most of the board members I guess.  No one ever struck me as being anything less than upfront or nice.

I see how many hundred people look at these boards and then I see how many are in the conversation.  To me it doesn&#039;t seem a whole lot different than the &amp;quot;click&amp;quot; you are accusing the board of being.  I&#039;m a pretty open minded guy I think.  I try really hard not to make judgments about people until I know them.

Making comments about &amp;quot;One&amp;quot; tractor president, calling somebody mousey and making fun of the color of tractors a person has and how many do-nuts they eat is childish and it shows character.

In my mind, the board has more credibility than you, just because they don&#039;t get involved in the tit for tat.  Just my opinion.

Before you go accusing the board that the majority of the club elected into office of all the things you are, just know that I bet most of us don&#039;t appreciate it.  I sure don&#039;t.  This thing is bigger than you, me, Sherry Shafer, the board or anybody.  I&#039;m a member of the MM club too.  There are two of those because of people like you, and it&#039;s funny, most of us go the show and have fun.  I&#039;ve always watched the same little groups, like you guys or the board, stand in the corner and stir stuff up.

One side or the other just know there is a HUGE silent majority that pretty much thinks what you are doing is IDIOTIC!!!  Go ahead, ruin it for the rest of us.

I really disagree with you guys on one point.  If the board had to fire somebody, to talk about the things in public that a person may or may not have done would be really wrong.  You could get sued over it and it just isn&#039;t right anyway.  If you think that you deserve that just because you pay dues, then you are just a stirer.  I own stock in my elevator co-op.  If someone at the elevator gets fired does the board tell all the stockholders exactly why?  Noway.  and thats business, its not for fun like this.

Run for the board.  You can buy advertising space in teh magazine to tell folks where you stand.  Heck with some nominating committee.  Thats jus an excuse your using for not.

I&#039;d guess if Sherry Shafer knew she got a bad deal, then she ought to get a lawyer and fight it.  You haven&#039;t gotten a good enough reason from the board - well I haven&#039;t gotten a good enough reason from the other side either?  If it was wrong, how come this letter about firing hasn&#039;t been on here?  Some of you guys have read it, but I guess you have to be in the &amp;quot;click&amp;quot; huh?

If the board did the right thing, then time is gonna tell.  If they didn&#039;t, I&#039;ll cast my vote against them next time.  If Sherry makes another magazine that is good, I guess I&#039;ll probably read it.  One thing I won&#039;t do though is whine about all this and tear apart a club I really enjoy.

Quit bein&#039; so small.

Tear up this post as much as you want guys...I won&#039;t be back to this forum.  its only took me an hour to do this.  Not wasting no more time on it.

Fred