From: Gary Sutherland
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 9:10 AM
To: 'mdnletters@cnc.com'
Cc: 'globewest@globe.com'
Subject: TCAN and Michael Moran

I continue to read letters to the editors and opinion pieces in the newspaper regarding TCAN and the firing of Michael Moran. I feel a special kinship with the authors, some that I do not know, because we seem to share the same beliefs that the board of TCAN made a huge mistake in firing Michael. I think the board assumes that time will erode Michael’s support and the issue will drop from sight. I think it is clear now that won’t happen; and in fact momentum seems to be building from all types of individuals and volunteers to find away to replace the existing board or make wholesale changes to how the board is elected. What a sad and destructive decision by this board of TCAN and the ripples of their mistake keeps spreading as more and more people find out the details.
I was at a local restaurant the other day in Natick and the issue of TCAN came up and it was interesting to hear several local residents find out for the first time that Michael was fired as Director; maybe we all assume that everyone stays current on local news. I was asked many questions about the board members and the reasons behind the firing and all I could come with for a reason was different management styles between Michael and the current board. They were shocked over the Michaels dismissal and they remember the first time they attended the store front and heard Michael’s vision for the firehouse and his passion for TCAN. I told them to write to the TCAN board and also to support Michael and learn more from the Tcanites web site.
I realized that I should do more to correct this injustice and have started talking with as many local supports of TCAN that I know; and urging them to join in with Tcanites for positive changes and to make the vision of TCAN match Michael’s vision where different styles are “embraced not rejected”.
Sincerely
Gary Sutherland
Gary B. Sutherland, CIC
5 Whittier Street, 4th Floor
Framingham, Ma 01701
www.naplia.com
Phone: 866-262-7542
Fax: 866-656-1399