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Whosaidrats,
Thanks for the link! And you make valid points.
The article brings up some questions in my mind. First, going back through my stack (yes, I save them) of Rotary Ramblings, I see that the Board of Trustees seems to change from time to time. But who are these people? Yes, some names I recognized over the years of being a member, but others I have no idea? How do you get to be a trustee (can I be one)? Not to single out Terry McClinch (I obliviously don't know who he is), but since he is quoted in the article, I'd like to know how he got to be a trustee and President. What is his background? Is it in aviation? Business? Banking? Fund raising? What was his affiliation if any (?) with Old Rhinebeck to get him picked for the board? Or wasn't that a requirement?
I think for too long we members and supporters have sat back, gave with our heart and just enjoyed the show, trusting others we don't know with what we hold dear.
As I'm quite sure that the board and trustees are reading this message board. I offer this to them:
"As a member and long time supporter of ORA I feel that at the very least, we members receive a letter stating what is going on, future intentions and are kept a little more in the "know." Preferably before the "Spring Appeal".
I'll willing to bet that as word spreads of troubles at ORA, people will start to pull their support and then we all lose.
Salute All,
Steve
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