Re: Whip-crack: ELECTIONS/VOTING RIGHTS

[krombhol@teclink.net (Paul Krombholz)]

Erik wrote:

>I thought that in the ACA I do get a ballot in the mail once a year or so
>for the new board members who are running.  Can we hold an election this
>way and only count the ballots that are actually returned?  (Or would we
>have to count non-returns as a "no" vote?)


I am a member of Consumers Union because I subscribe to Consumer's Reports.
They send around a ballot when they are electing board members.
Accompanying the ballot is a page or two of profiles on all the candidates.
I read these and vote for people that I think will move the organization
in the directions I want.  I am pretty sure that they do not count an
unreturned ballot as a "no", but as "no interest".  I like the idea of
giving members a chance to vote for Steering Committee members.  One of the
things that bothered me during the debate over dropping TAG and handing the
membership over to PAM was the idea of making this decision without having
been elected or given authority in any formal way by the membership.

Paul Krombholz, wondering what it takes to get it to rain in dry central
Mississippi


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