Ellen, If my comment about Kay offended you in any way, I am SO sorry. I never meant to infer that you, or anyone else on the bylaws committee was "led" by Kay. I too have a tremendous amount of respect of all of the members of that committee. It was an extrememly tough job and one that had to be accomplished without any set precedence. Kay, IMO, was a problem and we didn't know it at the time. Maybe I am completely wrong in that opinion, but I don't believe I am. I was on the Board at the time the bylaws were written, but I was not on the committee. However, I do know that we discussed many, many bylaws points on the Board-L while the bylaws were being written and tough decisions had to be made. I also believe that we all thought there would be some flexibility in the carrying out of the bylaws, since they were our first attempt at something like this. Again, if you took personal offense to my comment, please accept my profuse apologies. I have nothing by respect for you and had no intention of deriding anyone who had a part in that process. Pam Reid