Hey Norm,
98dba is correct. I am a chapter President, as such one of my obligations is to attend board meetings, to give the board some insight as to their relationship with my chapter on various issues. Being a very active member, I stay current on many things the average member would not. I do not get to attend exec sessions. This does not surprise me, due to the difficulty lobbying prior to Penfield, after which I called a director who is extremely close to Sherry and told him there shouldn&#039;t be any more fires started. This is a volunteer organization, any member can help out, and is encouraged to do so. I have participated from day one, by the encouragement of Bob Tallman. In doing so, I have developed some very close friendships, one of which is Sherry, among many others. The one thing I will stress though is, one should be able to separate friends and issues. I can argue issues with anyone, very adamantly, then go have dinner and a few beers with them afterwards, and never think of the issues. One should not think of those who work endless hours, and travel thousands of miles a year in service to our organization as being &#039;elite&#039;, they are just dedicated to a common goal of improving our organization for all of us. By the way, would you like to volunteer, then someone might call you &#039;elite&#039; just because you work for free.