<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   <FONT size=3>Yes indeed</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  My recollection of the Fern Henry Debacle is that= a forward thinking , progressive  & consumately  profession= al woman threatened  the good old boy system (their perception)by  suggesting just such a marketing thrust. So the good ole boys essentially&nb= sp; assassinated her character & personality  with a hate mail campaign & robbed us all of her incredibly gifted persona & energies , also I'll mention the personal cost of recuperatin= g from such an assualt that took her about 5 years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   If your up for this kind of change then&nbs= p; make sure you all look at this shameful chapter of our organization. Well so= me of those have since died so maybe the climate is getting better.</FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Study the past -- Fern Henry launched a marketing campaign lo those <BR>many yea= rs ago but it was derailed by various factors, conditions, and <BR>factions. = I can't claim sufficient experience or memory cells to tell <BR>the story, b= ut let's not repeat the past and stop the efforts before <BR>they bear any fruit.<BR><BR>Just a couple thoughts on sunny afternoon,<BR>Patrick Draine<BR>Billerica, MA</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>