Quote Originally Posted by outhawkn View Post
How many of you have gotten a speeding ticket? Then paid your fine and moved on, or received a DUI. You broke the law and paid for it. But you are still allowed to own and drive a car.Its the same thing. I think his contribution outways the offense. That being said I think it should be up to the members to vote on it and thats a real shame that we will never be allowed to because of the power struggle within NAFA. Members have been tryin for years to vote out the troublesome members but old loyalties run deep. I would like to have voted in this last elction but never received a ballot. (again). I think it would be better to let NAFA die and start a new national club.The USFWS does not hold NAFA in as high a regard as NAFA would like to think. JMO
Unfortunately, I think NAFA serves the USFWS as a rubber stamp of approval while not even being concerned about the basic RIGHTS, hard won and long established in this country. It does not serve what the majority of falconers would like to see or deserve, which is the maximum freedom within the constraints that the resource will safely allow. The MBTA needs to be revisited on a conflict of (basic) laws basis, along with the validity of the USFWS' mission statement. The 'people' in this country were ment to rule, not the government, and NAFA has become the govn't tool to subvert this.

Beebe and Webster are what they are and as Brad said, we remember the good, generally, with a few that hold old festering grudges. As the board has pointed out, they have honored these 2 with an award. I have no doubt that there plaques will honor them on the "Wall of Rememberance" at the Archives. To me, Beebe and Webster are whom they are and are not the issue, but an example of what the issue is, as is the Golden Eagle(just for you Dan, allmost put goldie.) issue.