To all of you who are sending emails, direct messages, and other forms of communication about @swbts, will you permit me to reply in this way? (1) I didn’t get back to you yesterday because I was sleeping. That’s likely true of every trustee you may have contacted.…
(2) As I wrote many days ago, thank you for being engaged in the decision-making process of our convention and in our cooperative work. It makes a difference, and I believe in you, …
(3) For some of your questions there are likely as many answers as there are individual trustees. I am not permitted to and do not wish to give you incomplete and biased answers, which are the only answers I would have to give.…
(4) It appears that many, many people from nearly every perspective are hurt and disappointed at the decisions of the board. Speaking only for myself, my own weight of grief about this—about all that led us here and about how hurt you are—is profound.…
(5) I am proud of the work done by my fellow trustees. I am the least among equals. They are, to the last one of them, honorable women and men who worked hard and sought to perform their duties. Finis.
