Hey Westville1,
I would strongly consider taking a subscription, once Sherry has something to subscribe to, I take other publications that deal with different makes, Stem gas, etc., one more wouldn&#039;t hurt anything, and might have a positive effect for Sherry. I would support it, no problem, first she will need to produce a product. I have heard of this, but seen no marketing. If she wishes to accomplish this effort, perhaps she will post what she wants to do, I think she will get subscribers. Kurt left as editor, it didn&#039;t hurt him with &#039;Belt Pulley&#039;, of course he had it established, but the concepts are not that far apart. The positive thing for Sherry is she could make changes without asking for approval. I think with good marketing, she can succeed, probably do better financially than before, and I wish her success! Had she remained editor at HPOC, doing this would had been a hot topic to say the least, so, this might be a very positive thing.
As far as changes to HPOCA, I feel it will take a little longer than you would expect. First thing is to get as much member input as possible. This is where you can help, get on the bylaws forum, let your thoughts be known, if you wish, anything brought up is open for debate, comment, let&#039;s shake these ideas down. I am using comments made by members thru the bylaws forum, phoned, or e-mailed to me, or any committee member to inform the committee as to members wishes. I am getting some very positive input, by and large, the members wish to build and improve the HPOCA which is very encouraging to me. The committee will meet at Lancaster, there we will hammer this out, and hopefully will have something to present to the members, which could go on the next annual ballot. I will suggest to committee some sort of proposal which will include electing directors, term limits for all elected positions, setting up a table for rotation of positions, adding positions, changing to direct nominations from the floor, as well as several other issues. I feel this will shake out in the form of a transition that will take somewhere between 3 and 5 years from now to accomplish. Realisticly, the the soonest any changes can be made would be in 22 months from now, procedural changes would begin to occur after the next election, if the membership ratifies the bylaws changes, this would include the term limits, direct nominations, things of that nature, and the transition phase could begin at the following election. What the members are telling me is they want change, but, they don&#039;t wish to destroy what we have to get it. So, we should try to work as smoothly and easily as we can, but effectively accomplish these goals. The very best thing I can tell members to do is to get on the bylaws forum, contribute, become part of the solution.  Later, Andy