...reasons that are best not discussed in a public forum...
Hammer. Nail. Hit it on the head!
That is a point that has many people frustrated. Where else is there to discuss MCA affairs? Most members can not travel to the meetings. VMF is the closest thing I have found to a MCA meeting place. Why can't things be public? What is so secret? Budget issues? MCA is a non-profit, so the budget should be open to everyone. Why all the political secrets? Board members not getting along? Laurie quits, then gets voted back in, but can't tell anyone why???? Regular members see issues like this and don't want to renew their membership. MCA is an open organization for the betterment of all things Mustang, not a secret society of Knights Templar that hid all the world's wealth under the streets of Boston.
I don't want this to come across as any kind of attack on anyone associated with MCA. As far as I remember I have never actually met Randy, Stan, Laurie, Charles, or any of the other MCA insiders on this board, but after several years on this board I have developed great respect for all of you (yes, even Midlife.) Officers, board members, judges - - everyone spends a lot of time in the positions with no personal gain or compensation, which shows how much you care about MCA, but acting like a super-secret-decoder-ring-only club will only hurt MCA.