I believe having an election is very beneficial to the USFA. If not for the election, we probably would not have found out about all of the problems the USFA has at the moment.

Regardless of the outcome of the election, we all must be willing to cooperate and work together in the best interest of fencing and the organization..

I'm hoping that those who are elected will utilize the talents of those not elected as everyone has something valuable to offer the USFA and its membership.

I'm asking all of the candidates to realize that we are all in this together. Negative comments and posts are not helping anyone at the moment.

Michael Tarascio