John,
Thanks for plugging in, good to hear from you.
This to you, and to Dave,
I don't want the guild to split, I am not encouraging division or many guilds. What I'd like, like John says in his post here, is regional chapters. In a big part because that would give me more opportunity for involvement.
I'll be honest, I have not been able to maintain my membership very faithfully all the time. In part because of economics -not a lot of work- and in part because I am pouring all of my money into a new business that will give me another source of income to rely on. But I'd have to say, in all of this it would be a whole lot easier for me to justify membership dues if I was more directly involved with guild activities. But as it stands, I can't afford to go out to Virginia or New Hampshire or Vermont or wherever the guild conference happens to be, and I can't afford the cost of the conference itself. I also would never expect it to be in Indiana where there are so few TF'ers. SO it's hard for me to get deeply involved. So I contribute how I can, writing here and occasionally submitting materials for publication. I'd love to do more, just don't have the resources for it.
But if we actually HAD a local/regional organization, why I could work with that.
And I figure it this way, the Indianapolis Colts are in the AFC southern division, so when it comes to organizing chapters why not follow this example, and put us with the southeast chapter? HA.
