Unanswered Puzzles  The events of the past nine months raise two
different sorts of question. One is what we ought to do in the
future. The other is what happened and why. I would like to
consider the second question. In order to make clear why I think
there is a puzzle, I will start with a very brief summary of the
relevant facts.  1. The Corporation ran a surplus, on both an
accounting and cash flow basis, in 1992 and 1993, as reported in
the financial summaries released by the then-Executive Director,
Tony Provine.  2. As of the last Board meeting in 1993, there
was no public evidence of any financial problem.  3. As of the
first Board meeting of 1994, the Board asserted that the
Corporation's financial problems were so severe that a
membership rate increase of about 40% was inadequate and had to
be supplemented by a new rule requiring membership to attend
events--a change that had been proposed in the past and dropped
because it appeared to be massively unpopular with the
membership. The budget figures se