This is a petition to keep loyal fest with in the loyal. Loyal fest was the only thing we loyals had to give back to the man who has effected so many lives in a positive way, Criss Angel. If the loyal fest gets taken over by APWI it will not be as personable as if it were ran by the loyals. Those appointed to organizing official fests haven't made themselves as personable nor accessible to the loyals as other loyals have done in the past. There are loyals who are amongst the loyals everyday, and who have been involved in past Loyal fests, that the loyals trust and confide in on personal and professional level. The people appointed are overseers, not personable members of the Loyal community, and we feel as thought that, yes they are a valuable gem as Stef put it, to the CrissAngel.com Message Boards. We do however disagree that the job of Loyal Directors is a disservice to the rest of the Loyals. Think of it like a democratic vote. You just elected our president without our consent. It's the only thing that we the loyal could give back and show love and support for Criss. If his own company runs the event how is that giving back to him? A lot of effort has been put into the pasts fests along with planing for future ones along with many personal sacrifices that were made to continue with showing our loyal support. Fundraisers have been establish also a committee has been formed to foresee the success of future fests. So why not have APWI work with the loyals rather than taking over the loyal fest?