Comedian George Carlin once said, "I have every right to complain about the government because I don't vote." What he meant was that although it seems like the opposite should be true-that those who vote are the ones who have a right to complain-he said that those who vote have no right to complain because they got what they voted for. He, on the other hand, has every right to complain since he didn't vote for the bums in the first place!
I think of this because it is trade show season and this is the 2004 Convention Companion issue. Someone from Walls & Ceilings attends pretty much every major national and regional industry trade show. The Carlin connection is that at many of these shows, association members/attendees are beginning to voice a concern: that they continue to see the same faces every year although the association works to represent everyone in the trade, whether a member or not. Likely, those not getting involved complain as much as those on the front lines. Do they have that right like Carlin's not voting?