First of all Andy,we should not have to read between the lines.The membership who technically operates this club should be made aware of things happening within the club on a regular basis.Lack of communication is not an excuse and better communication should be addressed in the new by-laws.Mr.Allen and company are members just like the rest of us,however,we have empowered him and a few others to represent the entire body to the best of their ability.Their responsibility is to the membership! Now that ability is being questioned.When the members ask why a decision was made we should receive a detailed,accurate account!!!!We should not have to chase them from the tall grass where they&#039;ve ran to.By &amp;quot;tall grass&amp;quot; I mean the different excuses used such as personnel file,the forum,the magazine,etc.
This should also not have to be done on an individual basis by making phone calls....A
decision of this magnitude,required a special meeting,all members should have been notified and at that time a decision made.Everyone attending or that opted to attend would have had an explanation and maybe even a appearance before the board and members of the person involved.We don&#039;t have to read between the lines,as you request on this one,if lined up you&#039;d all look like the cats that ate the canarys.The obvious personal vindictiveness displayed by the inner sanctum is certainly apparent!!!!


You all had the perfect opportunity to sell mass quantities of the toys,but someone forgot them??? C&#039;mon!! Convenience or what????Just another feather in your caps.The group wants us to move on and things like this just happen? and it wasn&#039;t who&#039;s fault?And Andy,you the Hpoca guru,
pseudo forum administrator,civil war historian and bottom line MEMBER,didn&#039;t voice your discontent over missing such an opportunity???How come when this was realized that someone didn&#039;t get them for the remaining days??? Let us guess....y&#039;all were just glazed over from those donuts....

We would expect our members to be much more mature in finding the accurate answers
not making a scene at a show or anywhere else we have a promotional event,but asking it in the appropriate manner,on the forum.....wrong.....from the magazine.....
wrong again....or should we chase a man on a RED tractor for the answer.....C&#039;mon Andy in all of your infinite wisdom from creation,to the civil war,to the bylaws....you cannot say that something is not amiss here......As Mr.Cook says.....alot more members are now aware of the actual club happenings and behind the scene activity....
hopefully they get more involved.Then again ,they may not.I was going to volunteer for your bylaws committee,as travel doesn&#039;t bother me,but,have opted to remain on the outside &#039;cause it will only be rebuked by you or the others as any comment on this forum has.......

See by painting a rosey picture,it kinda sends a message to all,that if we wear our blinders or ignore it,it will go away,in this case its not....you can lump us in a region as one of your previous posts state,but I guarantee whether here or mid-western Illinois my comments and questions would have been the same........

By the way,after reading your post and the bylaws,anything done at winter meeting is considered the annual meeting and every member was notified through the magazine,our correspondence.That is of course,because we were notified by the previous magazines,as the &amp;quot;new&amp;quot; has not been received by all yet!!

By the way,I see you are still at it with the donuts.Guess if it doesn&#039;t work in Nokomis,might as well throw them to the &amp;quot;brood&amp;quot;. If it wasn&#039;t all &amp;quot;fowl&amp;quot; ,be kinda like eating crow,eh???????    Ed Brandt:o

[Edited on 2-16-2004 by NYSOliver]