As reported by your paper, REMIX1 was indeed a great event; its organizers should be congratulated for getting the disagreeing TCAN parties together for uninterrupted conversation. But REMIX1's success can only be assured by swift and compelling actions by the TCAN Board of Directors; only they can respond to the growing dissatisfaction in this community over their recent decisions and the unrepresentative manner by which the Board members are currently appointed.

In light of the openness of REMIX1, TCAN Board Chairman George Fiske's public comments afterwards were disappointing. Belittling the changes desired by long-term TCAN volunteers (TCANites), he claimed that, as the changes were not demanded prior to Executive Director Michael Moran's firing, they must not be very important. It appears that he either does not understand how outrageous the Board's actions are viewed or that he is falsely presuming that offended TCAN members will give up on their quest to fix what's wrong at TCAN.

Clearly, these issues never came up because Michael Moran was busy working with the Board on our behalf, rigorously implementing their more inspired decisions as well as foiling their more ludicrous ones.

As TCAN's former Web master and a volunteer for more than six years, my ire continues to grow over this Board's actions. Simply put: A slim majority of the Board of Directors, a few practically anointed to their positions by a disgruntled minority, decided to take over TCAN, install their own people and rid themselves of Michael Moran's proven vision and charismatic leadership. Any claims to a better qualified and more skillful manner to running TCAN are, to my mind, refuted by the very nature of their decision, the secretive manner in which it was made and their avoidance of true mediation.

How can they clean up the mess they have made? This Board of Directors must give way to a new Board of Directors that is freely and openly elected by TCAN's membership. Such a move would eliminate the baggage of their combined disagreements and ongoing personality conflicts with the former executive director. Whether a new Board would choose to rehire Michael Moran in some capacity remains to be seen, but at a minimum, a fair resolution of the current situation would be given a chance to succeed.

JAMIE MAGEE, Natick