May I ask if you have been reading any of the other posts I (and others) have been making to this BB on this subject? Of course "everyone should have freedom of choice", and they do... and they will.... but not if it violates a rule or policy of the organization that is charged with making the rules.

Example: The club has a set-up period for dealers to set up their tables at our convention... which I'm sure you probably will have at your show too. Many times there are club members who attempt to gain access to the bourse floor before it is open to the public. There is a rule, or policy, which prohibits that. Call it a ban if you want.... I choose not to use that word in this situation. Why should Joe sixpack be allowed invoke his "freedom of choice" to enter the room when he is not allowed to, by regulations established by the club?

Collect what you want, buy what you want, sell what you want, trade what you want..... but if you are planning to attend the club's annual convention May 31-June 2nd, hopefully the dealers in the room will be RESTRICTED from selling slabs in one small room on the whole face of the earth...... the Tropicana Ballroom in Las Vegas Nevada. Let me ask you (and other dealers)a fair question. How many slabbed chips did you sell at last year's convention? Better yet..... as of TODAY, how many slabbed chips have you sold?

For those who are NOT planning to attend the convention, this minor restriction won't affect them one iota. For those who will be in attendance on those four convention days; hopefully there will be a restriction on slabbed chips in place by then. Visitors to the show who are not club members will have additional restrictions placed upon them. They will not be admitted to the early bird welcome trade sessions. They will not be admitted to the auction. This country is full of restrictions.... which I won't go into listing here. Most of you know many of them by now.

This is not a "FREEDOM" issue, as some would have us believe. It has to do with a private organization being able to put into place rules and policies that the elected officers of that organization feel is in the best interest of that organization. Are there individual members who might disagree? Absolutely. Happens all the time on virtually every issue that requires a Board vote.