St Louis ... What Can One Say?

The banner from the St Louis AIA society's website:
"Founded in 1906 - 108 years old and going strong!"

Antiquity sales once again become a divisive issue in the US. The St Louis Society just voted themselves out of existence by voting to keep board who sold artefacts (vote:  Remove board 27. Keep board 30. Abstentions 4), which means, following last week's AIA council vote, that the Chapter will be dis-affiliated from the AIA as of Feb. 1.

Here is what they say about the object of the controversy:

'Position of the elected Board of Directors on deacessioning the Harageh artifacts'

' Position of the elected Board of Directors on deacessioning the MesoAmerican artifacts'