Re: Whip-crack: ELECTIONS/VOTING RIGHTS

[MichaelAngelaH@aol.com]

 Votes would only be counted from those returning ballots.  The two most 
successful hobby organizations are the AKA and the ACA, both with more than 
1500 members.  Both of these non profit HOBBY organizations hold open 
elections every year for their board of directors.  The organizations you 
mention, Karen,  I believe are all professionally run (ie, by a paid group of 
directors), not volunteer based hobby organizations.  I belong to several or 
those type organizations as well, and would not even think of voting for the 
professionals that lead those type organizations.  Unless someone knows 
something they're not telling, the AGA is just a group of like minded 
hobbyists, and I have no problem with asking them to vote for their leaders.  
And every company that I own shares of stock in sends me a ballot every year 
to vote for the members of the board who are up for election.  

As far as some lunatic getting enough people to vote for him/her, and taking 
control of the organization, well, I suppose that is possible.  The AKA and 
the ACA have had their share of poor leadership.  But they have survived.  
And, dare I say, thrived.  The problem with those types is that they quickly 
loose interest in their cause of the day and move on.  The real hobbyists and 
people who are interested in the organization stick around and the 
organization survives.  It is only when the leadership allows itself to get 
an inflated idea of it's own importance, and allows personal conflicts to 
enter  into business dealings of the organization, that real problems occur.  
I have seen that happen in a few clubs, and they usually fold.  And with a 
non-voting structure, how do we replace several people when they up and quit 
due to something like that?  What about having an incompetent leader?  Who is 
going to tell them they aren't capable of doing the job, if that leader is 
the one who appoints everyone else?  At least with a term of two years, they 
won't be there forever.   And what about the membership?  Shouldn't they  be 
able to say who will be spending  THEIR club's money?  

Paul, you can have some of our rain!  About 12 miles from here they had 14'' 
of rain in just a few hours!

Mike
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