I have nothing against your suggestion for a free ad in the magazine.  However, I would be satisfied just buying an ad, which is something that I don't feel like they'd let me do now.  

My advertising campaign is not scheduled to start until March 1, following the winter show. I did not want to stir up any controversy until this show was over.  Besides, I didn't want to start advertising more than 2 months before I'd be mailing an issue.   That's why you haven't seen anything yet.

Thank you for your support.  I have no intentions of going into competition with the HPOCA.  But writing a magazine was what I really wanted to be doing and I so no reason why I should be prevented from doing that just because the board had a personal vendetta with me.  
Sherry