Dear Bob and John,
That was a long, long morning, and I, too, hope a more efficient way
can be found for all the reasons John states so well.
BTW, I ran into a young man who missed the bus back to the MCB
office; I hope he made it home safely.
Darla & hardworking Huck
-----Original Message-----
From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bob jaco
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 10:52 AM
To: Adaptive technology information and support.
Subject: Re: [ATI] elections
I am actually in favor of having one election Saturday. However, if we were
to do that, any additional meetings or speakers might need to be canceled
the rest of the afternoon, but we are there to conduct business.
----- Original Message -----
From: John and Donna Weidlich <mailto:[email protected]>
To: Missouri Chat <mailto:[email protected]>
Cc: Adaptive technology information and support.
<mailto:[email protected]> ; Missouri List <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:15 PM
Subject: [ATI] elections
After sitting through that interminable process of electing three
directors to the MCB Board, which may still be going on for all I know, I
think we really need to brainstorm some ways for speeding up that process
and making it more efficient. Here is one thought. At one time, we elected
one Director on Saturday afternoon and two on sunday morning. In fact it was
written that way in the Bylaws and therefore had to be done that way. When
the Bylaws were revised, we took that out, not because we thought it was a
bad idea but because we wanted to leave that up to the discretion of the
Presidents and let each President continue to do it that way if he/she
wanted to or do them all on Sunday. Perhaps we could try that process again
to see if it helps. the Bylaws would not have to be changed to allow that
since the Bylaws don't specify when directors have to be elected. Now all
three directors are elected in odd-numbered years. Should we consider
electing two in odd years and one in even years? Some believe we should
eliminate the directors altogether. I don't particularly favor that approach
but it could be debated again. the process needs to be changed in some way.
Each position requires multiple elections because of runoffs and with each
election, the number of voters drops dramatically so by the end of the
process, only a few voters are making the important decision of who will
compose the Board, which is not a good thing. I wonder if there was even a
quorum present for the final election. You can argue that people should stay
but transportation often dictates when people leave as well as check-out
times at hotels. And taking almost four hours for five elections seems
ludicrous to me and I certainly can't blame people for not sitting through
such a lengthy process. In fact, I admit that I bailed before the final
director's contest and that a candidate that I would have voted for lost.
The Board is looking at a new voting machine but I don't believe that it
will actually speed up the process and I feel that the machine being
considered could at least slightly compromise the secret ballot. Whatever
we do, the process needs to be overhauled because at least in my opinion it
is not working well. I don't want to open an argument here but just to get
some thoughts and get people to think about what could be done to have a
more fair and efficient election for our organization. John
GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.)
A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind
http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
