[quote=&quot;Keith M.&quot;:2rzbg52c]
  I'll make a deal right here and now. If the Terry would look at my questions, answer them via email,  and any followups I have, explain how a committee chairman can have a letter pulled from the magazine after the editor said he would print it and why it would harm the club,  I will not post in this forum period. I will look in now and then but will not post.
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Keith,

We didn't discuss your letter with the BOD.  Pulling it was our decision, and I'll try to explain why.

Once Andy got wind of your letter, he of course didn't want it in there. I disagreed with his reasons, but Becky and I discussed it in depth. We looked at it from this point of view: if Andy were to somehow get the election thrown out because of us printing a letter to the editor, the whole thing would have to be redone. Now how do you think that would look to membership? Most would think that since the BOD didn't get the results they wanted, they are going to do it over until they get the right response. That is why we didn't go to the board about the letters. If they told us whether or not to print them, then they are the bad guys all over again, trying to influence the club. So we did what we felt was best for the club.  We decided to print no letters either way, that way there is no bias on our, or anybody's part. All the information any member needs on the by-laws issue is there, they just need to read it carefully and make a good decision based on what they feel is right for the club. That's what we did, because this club needs to start moving forward.

On a related note, if you had emailed me instead of posting how upset you were on the forum, Andy would have been none the wiser as to what letters would have been printed in the magazine. Instead, we ended up where we are now. Someone once told me, 'choose your battles wisely', and this was probably a good place to adhere to that idea.

One more thing, 2 BOD members emailed me when they heard about the ruckus Andy had caused. Both said to put in the magazine what we felt was right, and pay no attention to Andy. 

I can't say that not printing the letters is 100% right, but I am confident it is the best decision for the club at this time.