Fastfletch,

I asure you that the questions I ask of you are real as are the intentions for the answers. Real feed back is crucial to any problem being solve properly. I do disagree with you on one point. I believe it is our duty to help develope solutions that will work. As you have seen in earlier posts, there are only 4 full time employees for the organization. Directors and State Reps volenteer their time and are also a limited resourse. To properly improve situations for everyone we need the eyes, ears, and intelligence of our members. Problems are pretty easy to spot. There are personal concerns, as well those affecting locally, regionally, Nationally, and Globally. Global and personal concerns, while very important, are very difficult to resolve in such a manner that the solutions do not create other problems. Our best chance for success is to listen closely to local concerns, and use that information to guide us in solve regional and national dilemmas. Solving all of this often will require creative solutions. Getting constructive feedback for our membership is vital for that. Also part of problem solving requires a healthy debate. While my opinions may seem perfectly sound to me, if they don' t stand up to close scrutiny, perhaps I need to rethink them. Also somethimes progress demands choosing the option which does the least harm.

Stay and debate if you wish or not, that choice is yours. I will say this, anytime when I feel that the integrity of our organization, its cause, its leadership, representatives or staff is being challenged, I will be around to defend it. Our Bowhunting heritage is to precious to be lost, as are those who work to preserve it.