Regional in Hallowell, I shall try to attend, as long as it is not in August.

Interesting to hear from people on the board. I have voted through out the years, with hardly any knowledge of the people I was voting for, just the info on the ballot. It would be nice if said runners would discuss issues on the forum. Perhaps that would open some knowledge and help things grow. How about a requirement that runners must come out in the open? Let us get to know you and your views.

Another shot at shifting the threads title to one of positivity and throwing water over the gunnels >

Hi Ellen,

You might well be confusing me with K F Hines. I am K F Hume and currently live about 3000 miles from Maine !

As a 501c3 organisation with the recently agreed mission statement "The Timber Framers Guild is a not-for-profit corporation organized as the centre for timber framing information, to train people in the craft, and to promote timber framing to the public" it might be argued that Guild members should possibly be seen more as enthusiastic supporting philanthropists engaged in helping the board to achieve this mission rather than deriving personal benefit by being members. i.e. Ask not what the Guild can do for you - but what you can do for The Guild.

This forum goes a long way towards providing low cost public timber-framing educational benefit and also provides additional benefit in respect of many other associated activities like woodland management, timber conversion, historic building research, craft training, social and cultural practices, etc.

I am very pleased to see another BoD member show up on the forum and this goes some way to helping satisfy the initiative proposed by Tim Beal above.

"Stat Attack"
Ellen is the 6061 person registered to use this forum. The Guild has about 1500 paid up members so the obvious persons to contact regarding obtaining additional financial support to maintain the Guild mission is already known to The Guild.

Regards

Ken Hume

Sorry about that Ken - you're right- different person - good discussions for sure - thank you - and I'm hanging onto my sentiments about being positive looking into the future.
Cheers,
Ellen

Hi Ken,

I see you've posted some suggestions elsewhere, but I still have not heard from you.

If you don't want to reach out to me, please reach out to another BoD member or our Program Director. Ellen is head of the Membership committee. All the BoD members with contact information is here:

http://www.tfguild.org/about/guild-personnel

Also, feel free to contact Brenda Baker, who is our program director (and recent BoD member) - brenda@tfguild.org

i keep seeing good discussion but I'm not seeing many ideas.

Hi Kevin / Mike,

Being able to provide good positive useful ideas is very much dependant on having a sound understanding of the full nature of the problem.

I have been made aware that the decision to employ an outside management company to run The Guild has now been overturned with the TFG office has now moved again from the management company premises at Reston, VA to Becket, Massachusetts where Sue Warden is now acting as Administrative Secretary and Brenda Baker as Program Director. There is no Executive staff for the time being.

Explanation / Reasons ?

Ken Hume

I read the wonderful article about Alicia. Nothing but the truth was there she was a wonderful person and a great guild member and worker. There was never any thing she would not tackle. With her resignation it will be real hard to fill her spot to the degree she did it. None of us will never know the reason she left I do not know if the board really cared since there comments were she left.
I know I had talked to her about a building a church was going to try and restore here in the county. After looking into it was decided it was not a true timber frame structure so it was not pursued. I talked to her at the Vicksburg project about a shelter here in the county, similar to what was built at the forest service project in Heflin Al.

Floyd,

I for one cared deeply about her place in the TFG, and worked hard to try and get her the tools she needed / wanted to stay around... she will be missed, personally, and professionally.

And yes, members of the BoD cared.

Hi Ken,

I guess I was hoping you'd give me (us) some feedback on why you left, and what you think would make the TFG better, in your eyes. Since you brought that up early in this thread.

Much information regarding this past year has been covered in members emails, Scantlings, Burlington Conference, BoD minutes, etc.

I don't really think that should affect what would make the TFG a better organization, more valuable to members, etc...

Blue sky? What do you want your TFG to be?