Chad, Part of the problem as I see it, is that most of us have not had any opportunity to meet and get to know Rod. Certainly with an organisation as large as EAA it is not possible for everyone to get to know him well, but there may be a way for the " masses " to have an opportunity to speak with him in a sense of the word. Perhaps he could host a live web chat for 1 or 2 hours per month, thereby giving all the members a chance to ask the questions that are most important to them. This would certainly help improve his image. It would definetly help him to be seen as more aproachable and help lessen the us against them attitude that I have sensed on so many of these threads. If he seen as being more available to the members at large it would be a great chance to really learn what is on the minds of the membership first hand. Your thoughts ?????.Randy Powell