Successive terms of office became automatic, not based on merit. A bunker mentality set in. The current situation is not good. New ideas, with the surprising exception of creating a new logo, are resisted and viewed with suspicion. Attempts to simply generate dialogue about the problems are ignored and even met with outright hostility.
Communication networks are practically nonexistent.
Board of Directors meetings have fewer attendees each year and there is serious disagreement over the geographic location for meetings. Two Vice Presidents have now resigned in recent months. Under these negative circumstances, it is with regret that I found it necessary to submit my resignation as 3rd Vice President and Historian, effective February 1, 2001. This is my last column for this Website. Projects in other organizations in which I am active are more urgent and I must refocus my efforts in other directions.