<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
</head>
<body>
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space"><font color="#000000" class="">Dear Reading Hall of Fame members,</font>
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class="">
</font></div>
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Once again, the issue of the 25 year rule has come up. This email is a reminder of the RHF business meeting of 2019, with Drs. Ray Reutzel as President, Diane Lapp as President-Elect, Patti Anders as Treasurer, Norm
Stahl as Historian, and me as secretary. </font></div>
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class="">
</font></div>
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The issue came up as I was secretary and trying to determine who was eligible for RHF induction during the summer of 2019. As a result of the difficulties I was having determining eligibility, a Board meeting was
held in June, 2019. After much debate, the Board agreed on a solution and presented it to the membership at the RHF business meeting of December 2019. At that time, we were drafting new rules for the 2020-2025 years. </font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class="">
</font></div>
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The issue was discussed at length by RHF members at the December 2019 meeting. In fact, some of you who have criticized the rule most recently were present at that meeting and part of that discussion. The RHF membership
voted in favor of the current criteria, including the 25 year rule. </font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class="">
</font></div>
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">We did the best we could with the information we had available, and you all as RHF members voted on the procedures, including the current 25 year rule. If you still have a problem with the new rule in November, then
please bring it up at t<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="">he November, 2021 business meeting.</font></font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
Thanks for your understanding,<br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Sincerely,</font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Jan Dole</font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
Reading Hall of Fame Secretary<br class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class=""></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">
<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">
<div class=""></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>