Well much to my amazement I spendt an hour and 35 min on the phone with M= r. Leone this morning, who is president of the USET. I spendt most of the conversation feeling like there wasn't much hope there, but I did get a feeling the last half hour or so that I did make some headway as far as a= consideration for having another meeting of the full selection committee.= = I really don't think he understood the outrage behind this action, and th= e way it is spreading through the whole community. = It is my understanding that Mr. Balch recieved over 80 emails today, and they are being printed out and cateloged and he is reading them and has responded to a few personally. Not mine though. = It is also my understanding that a letter to the Editor is being sent to the Chronicle of the Horse, asking for people in all disciplines to resig= n their membership in the USET, and giving people alternative places to sen= d money to support the athletes without giving any money to the USET. In case it is declined as a letter to the editor they are sending along payment for a full page ad......................... I am not behind this= , = but I think it's great. = I think we have a glimmer of hope but probably not much more, and I reall= y think it depends on the ground swell of support we can build by the end o= f the week or so, so keep cross posting and lobbying everyone you can. = Personally I am, right now, concentrating on people of standing that I kn= ow in other disciplines, like Lowell Boomer, founder of the USDF, thinking= that if they think the whole equestrian communtiy is upset, they might be= more likely to take action. = Thanks for all the supportive emails. I have ALOT of "you go girl" 's, = and only two negative ones. I realize some people will not like me as a result of being so public in this fight, but obviously I think it's a fig= ht worth fighting, as obviously you all do too. = Marjean = _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````