<html> I wonder if Jim, as president, should have brought the dissatisfaction with the decision to can pianotech and with HL to the attention of the EEC whoever they are and made them aware of our views. I think it is time the EEC were replaced with people who care about the membership. Terry Beckingham At 11:32 AM 2/27/2013 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Thank you for sharing this with us, Dale, but if Jim has read 1700 posts about this, he really should have written to the list about his position. Until his one letter, written even as people were threatening to quit the Guild, he has been dead silent about the whole situation. Leaders lead by communicating, is what I'm trying to say. Best, Susan</blockquote></html>