Re: [atlarge-discuss] The Rights and Responsibilities of Voting...

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

Bruce, I'm sorry, but this is a misrepresentation of my views. I do not
object to new people being nominated for this panel. My position all along
has been that I want the Membership to decide the whole direction of this
organisation, and that includes who should be panel members.

For that very reason, given the difficulties which have beset this election,
I favour the Membership being given the right to further define what they
want to do with these election results, reviewing the process that has taken
place, seeing how it could be improved for next time, reviewing the
appropriate term of office for the new panel, and defining the mission,
tasks, mandate and objectives for the new panel, just so there is no doubt
about what the Membership wants.

Now you may not agree with that approach, but I hope you will accept that my
sole interest is that the real wishes of the Membership are given voice,
upheld, and enforced.

I don't think that is undemocratic.

Kind regards,

Richard H

----- Original Message -----
From: <bruce@barelyadequate.info>
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Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 1:03 AM
Subject: RE: [atlarge-discuss] The Rights and Responsibilities of Voting...


> This is a general response to this thread:
>
> Richard, Walter and several others seem to think that, because the
> membership has not submitted nominees that meet *their* personal idea of
> adequacy, that the election must needs be suspended or cancelled.  Sorry
> guys, but the membership chose who they chose.  Just because you don't
> recognize all the names doesn't invalidate them.  In fact, the very fact
> that we do have a large number of new faces on the candidates' list is as
> much an indightment of the old guard as it is an indoresement of
alternative
> voices.  I we are truely to be a DEMOCRACY, we must respect the members'
> choices, and submit them to the membership for a vote, and back up their
> chosen leaders.
>
> I also notice that those that claim a language other than English as their
> mother tongue seem to be getting the bulk of the grief.  Why is that?  Is
> there some underlying prejudice at work here?
>
> As for cancelling the election: several months ago, a faction of the
> membership that is active in our e-mail and/or Web forums -- which I again
> must point out make up only a small percentage of our actual
embership!  --
> clamored for an election after this organization was thrown into anarchy
by
> the dissertion of our Panel Chair into the hands of the enemy, and the
> abandonment of their responsibility by the majority of our remaining Panel
> members.  The aternative to continuing with elections is to descend back
> into the anarchy that existed at that time.  I for one don't want to see
> this organization fail merely because a handful of disgruntled old-timers
> are unhappy with the choices the other 800+ members made!
>
>
> Bruce Young
> Portland, Oregon
> bruce@barelyadequate.info
> http://www.barelyadequate.info
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