To me the most important part of the guild is these forums. The national/regional debate is unimportant to me. Although I'd like to I've never been to either a national or a regional conference. Due to small number of framers here I will never see a local one. That is fine.
As for our elected leaders, we elected them to run our guild not our forums. They recently tried something new. It didn't work and they changed it. With any organization profits and losses are part of life. As long as they balance over time that is ok.
What I do know from all the people on this forum and the timber framers and enthusiasts I have met in person is that we are all passionate about timber framing. I see that as different people contribute what energy, wisdom, expertise, or resources they can in various ways to the Trade.
