Thanks, Jon. We are doing our best and have made a ton of progress. The recent change to “this is not a merger” is because there is a Colorado (where NANPA is incorporated) law the states the non-profit mergers must be approved by a vote of the membership. We are awaiting their response to the Referendum.

They continue to refuse to share the agreement (if there is one).

with love, artie

Thank you, Artie, for being the voice of so many NANPA members who were shocked by the surprise announcement from NANPA on 18 Nov 2022. I personally find it disappointing that the NANPA President failed to keep members aware of 1) the financial pressures that led to the need to partner/merge with another organization, 2) that partnership/merger discussions were being held in secret without the knowledge of the membership, and 3) that members were only made aware of the partnership/merger AFTER a letter was allegedly signed between the two organizations. So many of the questions and concerns that members like you are raising could have, and should have been, addressed in Town Hall meetings prior to signing an agreement. The NANPA President should not be surprised that members like you are asking tough questions given this negotiation was held with no transparency, comment, or accountability to its members.

Per the NANPA announcement, the “new organization” will be called starting in January 2023 – now get this – ASMP. The “new organization” will be led by ASMP’s CEO James Edmund Datri. Therefore, starting in January 2023, there won’t be any more new NANPA members….they will be ASMP members.

Keep pressing NANPA to provide its members with an objective third-party accounting of NANPA’s finances so we can see that the NANPA’s Board did do everything reasonably possible to be good fiscal stewards and this decision truly was the only way to move forward.

If NANPA’s President is unresponsive to your very specific and reasonable queries, start asking ASMP’s CEO (jdatri@asmp.org) for information. Perhaps he will be more forthcoming.