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Ok, Terry did what you wrote say the board agreed to Sherry remaining the editor at the Penfield meeting  by approving a contract she wrote to replace the contract she was working under previously.  If I read you correctly this was going to help alleviate problems the officers and the board had had with her performance in the past.  I would note that would have been an opportune time to end the contractual agreement.  Many of the members would have been there and maybe you guys could have done a better job of explaining what was going on.

Assuming that the board did approve a new contract you on your own initiative went out and started looking for someone to replace her even though she had a new contract.  But if I read it right that was nothing personal, just professional on your part.   By the way how long was the new contract supposed to run? 1 year, 2 years or more.  When did it take effect, right after the Penfield meeting?

Then on Nov 8 the board met and w/o even seeing what was in either the 1st or 2nd magazine under the new contract you &amp;quot;professionals&amp;quot; decided to terminate a contract that could not have been in force for more than 2-3 months.  Even the gov&#039;t does not do that if the party under contract is delivering what they are contracted to do, i.e. publish a magazine.

If I may ask, what were the issues the officers and the board had with the editor?  I don&#039;t think that any of the magazines out there were any better than ours and some I&#039;ve seen are considerably worse.  Will the &amp;quot;new editors&amp;quot; cost us more than the previous one?

Speaking of costs would it be possible to publish the HPOCA&#039;s annual audit that is done by a CPA in the magazine or on the web?  I see such an audit is required in the bylaws.  You may have the audit at the annual meetings, but as you pointed out members of the club are from many different states and countries and therefore all of us can&#039;t make it to the meetings. However, as I understand it all paid up members get the magazine so including the audit would assure that every member had a chance to review it.


PS  I know Cockshutt 60&#039;s are Olivers in red paint, but do you think it would be possible for the new editors to get a picture of our president drivning a &amp;quot;green&amp;quot; oliver or at least one of the red ones that said Oliver on the side.