Bay Area, actually,

We were even invited to come to T-Hill by the Bennett Brothers this year and accepted months ago, but in mid November Paul Ayers wrote us and told us to cancel our attendance as we were not welcome.

Paul Ayers wasn't concerned with our national sponsorship, local sponsorship, our multi year devotion to the club or our vastly higher level of service.

Paul and the GG Chapter board tried to force us out mid contract last year after Infinion, litereally trying to cancel our contract for Thunderhill and Laguna after we had drive the truck and trailer out to the WC from Chicago, acquiring a $3,500 fuel bill. It didn't matter that we had a contract. Didn't matter we were sponsors. Didn't matter that we had put so much effort and time into moving our entire opperation to the WC for four months for these three events.

All that mattered was the political choice of turning the photography over to Mike V, as per the letter to me from Paul Ayers said "Now that Mike Veglia is on the national board, we have invited him to be our club photographer."

Invited him?

Funny, I thought that giving a paying contract to a board member, as well as canceling sponsorship to your members, would have gone against the "always do what's best for the member" bylaw in the ACNA contract with their members.

But I was wrong.

Once leadership out there comes back to reality and integrity, worrying more about the members than politics, we will happily come back.

In the end, Paul's politics and pushing us around cost the ACNA $40,000 in annual sponsorship and very consistent coverage, coast to coast, of ACNA events.

Too bad, really.

Take care,

Mike S