I received this message today regarding the AAW and the Jersey Cape Woodturners Guild.
Dear Michael Cunningham,
I am sending an email to get information on your AAW local chapter. Is your chapter still an AAW Star chapter with the members in your club being members also of AAw.
Please advise if there has been a change in status.
Best regards
Linda Ferber
Michael Cunningham's reply is below
Linda,
Yes there has been a change in status. Not only are we no longer an AAW Star chapter but we are no longer an AAW chapter period. Due to the ongoing actions of the BoD as well as the journal editor, which began with the Lacer incident and continue to this day with the preposterous by-laws rewrite as well as the unprecedented censorship at the AAW Forums our club voted unanimously to disassociate itself with the AAW. In addition, as you may or may not have noticed I did not renew my membership for 2011, nor did most of our membership. If at some point there is a significant change in the leadership of the AAW as well as it’s journal and forums we may agree to renew our relationship with the organization.
Sincerely
Mike Cunningham
Dear Michael Cunningham,
I am sending an email to get information on your AAW local chapter. Is your chapter still an AAW Star chapter with the members in your club being members also of AAw.
Please advise if there has been a change in status.
Best regards
Linda Ferber
Michael Cunningham's reply is below
Linda,
Yes there has been a change in status. Not only are we no longer an AAW Star chapter but we are no longer an AAW chapter period. Due to the ongoing actions of the BoD as well as the journal editor, which began with the Lacer incident and continue to this day with the preposterous by-laws rewrite as well as the unprecedented censorship at the AAW Forums our club voted unanimously to disassociate itself with the AAW. In addition, as you may or may not have noticed I did not renew my membership for 2011, nor did most of our membership. If at some point there is a significant change in the leadership of the AAW as well as it’s journal and forums we may agree to renew our relationship with the organization.
Sincerely
Mike Cunningham