I think Alan beat me to it here but I was encouraged to reply to this discussion. Unfortunately the last week has been busy for me and I have not had to the time follow this on a daily basis let alone reply to every poster.



In reading through some of these postings it amazes me that some people are spouting all kinds of statements that are simply incorrect. I can only attribute that to the lack of communication that has been prevalent for several years. This is something we are addressing.



The task force report that seems to have generated this discussion is just a report to the NAHCA officers. During our annual meeting it was decided we would form a task force and the group would discuss the open class issue at length and report back. We received their report about a week ago and it was posted here as well. At this point this is just a report, not a policy or anything else. The NAHCA officers are going to review this and discuss it at length. Our goal is to try and develop a set of guidelines that make sense. We are not looking to issues some dictatorial directives. Unfortunately this is going to take a little bit of time and you are going to have be patient and give us some time.



Rich