Re: Whip-crack: ELECTIONS/VOTING RIGHTS

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Tue, 16 May 2000 MichaelAngelaH@aol.com wrote:

> 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?  

Well said!

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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