I got my January Airmail on 12/30.  I am concerned about what is happening to the club with the direction you are going.  There is a lot you need to explain if you want to be transparent in your guidance of the club. From my perspective, this board needs to resign.

Blacking out the printed material in this latest issue is censorship at its worse.  What was written there that scared you so much that it had to be covered up?  Was there truth being reported that you could not let the general membership see because it was against what you were doing behind the membership’s back?  Was it an opinion piece by the editor? Was it a travel story? No matter what it was, it is unacceptable for the membership to see blank areas in our club magazine.  The board needs to resign because of this censorship.
I understand that B. Jan, the Airmail editor and a founder of the club, has been fired by a 3 person board member majority without any explanation to the membership.  This action was HIGHLY improper by the board.  8 years ago, I was fired by a 3 person board majority the same way.  They learned that that action was improperly done and came to regret it.  What were the circumstances that led to the board’s decision to do that?  Why was it not communicated to the Airmarshals before any cation was taken?  The yes or no responses from the Airmarshals to a proper explanation of both sides of any problem, should have been your guide as to the desires of the membership.  I understand that no such survey was done, which would have been easily accomplished since you can easily send an e-mail to all Airmarshals at one time.  That would have been a proper method to use and provide transparency for your actions. That is only one example of your illegal/improper action.  I leave it up to you to research what else you failed to consider by your action.  This board should resign because of this illegal action after reinstating the editor.
When this board took over, Duck, the chairman who I considered to be a level headed and good person to lead the club, asked me to send him all the revised bylaw information I had worked on.  These are recommendations made by highly interested and motivated members to prevent a repeat of what happened to Jim Howland & I in 2014 as well as bring the bylaws into the 21st century so they could be guidance for the club for another 25 plus years.  I note that nothing of value has been done on this multiple member effort since the board took over. At one point, I was told the information was filed in a file cabinet and not reviewed.
I will also post this e-mail to the airheads.org website for those interested members to see and comment if they have any interest.

David Cushing

ABC # 7506