JR,
Amazing how I can agree with a lot of what you say. I don't feel like he acted outside of the bylaws but I do feel like he is acting from an uninformed perspective. Every segment of this hobby has some sort of rules and every segment bends or breaks those rules in one form or another. We are all asked to adhere to the safety code, yet by several peoples admission every aspect of this hobby breaks the safety code. Yet when a jet guy says he test flew a new airplane at an event the whole community is crucifed when I guess it would be better to cover it up and not talk about it like the rest of the modelling fraternity does......I am starting to see the light. Break the rules but keep your mouth shut about it....hmmmm.....I could do that..... No one notices if I take a brand new ugly stick to the local flyin and test fly it...so that makes it OK. No one says anything at the local club when the local guys do the tail touches on the runway even though that is now illegal.....so that must make it OK too..... I'm starting to get the hang of this!!! WOW what a revelation!
Your VP tried to table the proposal, rather unsuccessfully
The rest of the EC must have thought he was talking in his sleep again.