FewMiles - you may well be right. Sadly.

However, we are told these mystery folks do represent us and our best interests.

(We are also told that about our politicians of course. )

As per my May 14 clear questions ... un-answered by Dan or anyone else that presumably must know, we do not even have the vaguest clue how many - if any - TalkBoard members there still are, or their names.

Some of the seven handles I listed above that I am pretty certain have long ago left TalkBoard - way back in some instances still show on the website as being current Members in some cases. And if others have resigned less publicly how would anyone here know?

I do not especially care who the current make-up is, and how many there are, or whether there is a TalkBoard at all to be honest. But like local politicians - even though I may not agree if they are doing a good job or a poor job - it is nice to actually know WHO my politician is that is supposedly 'representing' me.

If we are told there IS still a TalkBoard, and the website lists folks as Members of it who AFAIK clearly are NOT ... that does seem rather weird to me.

The one and only election was over 2 years back IIRC, and the stated rolling retirements and new members, and new appointees to replace the seven who are no longer there etc, as all outlined in detail on the website referenced above MAY have all duly occured. One hopes so.

It seems clear (to me) from reading the very clear guidelines that the Talkboard members themselves are responsible for appointing the SEVEN+ replacment members - not Randy, who is busy with a ton of other things and one imagines has set a large TB in place precisely to handle these routine admin. matters.

I cannot understand why one or some of their number cannot simply post here with PRECISELY what they have done (or not) in this regard - and whom they have appointed, and when, and for how long.

That the rest of FlyerTalk do not have a clue about ANY of this is my point.

And further to this I tend to side with ScottC's comments below.