Norm,
     I know I&#039;m not andy, but maybe I can help you out here a little bit.  I think first off, you should understand that this club has 6000 members.  It would be extremely difficult to keep every one of them informed on every aspect of what is going on in this organization.  I&#039;m going out on a limb to say that for Andy, his knowlege comes from being a chapter president and also being fairly well acquainted with a lot of the board members.  I myself know a lot of what is going on from living near two of the board members.  And on the subject of why didn&#039;t the membership know about the problems with sherry, as far as I&#039;m concerned, it would be very improper to openly discuss the relationship of her and the board just as it would be to discuss openly a relationship with an employer and an employee.  Whatever problems and conflicts there are should be kept between the board and her.  I think it would be to easy for the board to just come out and describe whatever probems there were, but this could be taken as a defamation of character, and I agree with their decision not to do this.  I hope this helps explain a little bit and not to just confuse things further...