I had been thinking of sending Ollie Cunningham a copy of the newsletter. I think I'll send one to each of them.

For a copy of the tax return for the foundation check out <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=OLIV002">http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=OLIV002</a><!-- m -->
You can get a copy of their tax return there.

[quote:2oswofli]I agree to proceed as normal is the best route. I might send Barbara a Christmas card today, from our chapter, you might have Larry Widner do the same, it will let her know she hasn't been forgotten. Her address is; Barbara Indra, 6250 North Pointe Ct.,Aptos, CA 95003. Mention her 1997 presentation in Sacramento. She really enjoyed herself there, and liked the attention her daughter got. The problem was with Sherry, she promised Barbara to do an article in the mag, it never happened, I guess too much competition. You should sent her a complimentary copy of Chapter One News. I still think this thing can work, but now the board will be the problem, Ollie scared Terry, who in turn scared the board, except for Paul and Pete, they weren't scared. I talked to Larry Gay the other day, now he looks at all the negative aspects of the building, taking Terry's viewpoint. I had to make the point that the members voted for the building, not the other proposal, and approval of the other proposal can in no way be considered the will of the members. I think the $13M figure is as close to the facts as any, the other figures are completely out of reality, there has been 3 generations since any of them created wealth, money goes as fast as it comes. One thing kind of sticks in my mind was Barbara told us they closed Copshaholm because it was costing a fortune to keep up, and only Ollie was living there. Does that tell you something? I think the kids control more than Ollie would lead us to believe, they kicked him out of the mansion!!! If Ollie has his way, HPOCA will never control this museum, I can see that forming already. The Northern Indiana Historical Society will have it all. That is probably the situation with Studebaker, they didn't fall for it either. But, they want us to do all the work, provide all the stuff, then they get all the credit for it! LOL I need to see if I still have that e-mail Dick Welch sent, if so I will forward it to you again. I would like to see if we can get Dick in this equation, he is a good man, and a professional in these matters. We would need to pay him, but I think he would work with us like Ron is. Raise the funds, then get compensated by consulting fees.[/quote:2oswofli]