My goodness! That... (Nigel's version) is an interesting view of what happened. Not the way I recall how Rich was voted in.

I am actually quite bothered that Nigel takes that stance... takes the time to weave a story of some kind of power struggle in the class. I think I understand the motives of where it comes from though. It is just bad natured stirring of the pot. I certainly don't buy this "railroaded" version in ANY way. Nigel was just an unfortunate choice for the director of the class since he had no interest in doing the job to begin with.

I recall two articles in the NAHCA news that outlined what Nigel and Rich wanted for the direction of the class to take. Members were presented with the two directions and the vote went against Nigel’s view. It was really pretty simple.


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