I was just beginning to work on a letter to the Magazine concerning the mass of changes to the bylaws. Wanted to express my feelings that such wholesale changes were not good for the club at this time. 
  I also feel that the new Article X Sec. D. concerning disciplining members who get out of line is spiteful and totally unnecessary. If the leadership of the club would be more honest and forthright about what is going on, there would be a lot less descent. What type of trial would we have had after the '03 summer show if this section were in place then? Of course the Board of Directors would have liked that.
 Well, I was just getting some things worked out and thought I had better check the cut off date for the next issue. Low and behold the filing date has already gone by.(Sept 20) Darn that burns my backside. I really felt  I needed to get my feelings heard to the whole club. Seemed like I really didn't have much time to get a letter together. 
  Lo, and behold I check when the changes to the bylaws were posted on the website. (Sept 20) They don't want a challenge to the bylaws. I know this, but to delay it that much so no one can debate the issue is pretty damn low. 
  The webmaster/editor said days after the show that the changes would be posted.  Three weeks later (Sept 14) in the Misc. section of the forum I asked when we would see them.  The day of the magazine deadline, it's a miracle they appear.
  We have [b:nml7naji]YET[/b:nml7naji] to see the bylaws of the HPO Foundation 7 months after giving them $10,000 on the recommendation of the board.  The appointing of our BOD to their BOD is still pretty darn fishy to me.