You are correct in that the Bylaws leave a gaping hole on this issue,
and the vernacular is often misused (c'est moi now and then), but in
the absence of specifics, let's look at the principle: elected
delegates have been kept from their seats as directors because the
holdovers, who are no longer eligible to represent the voters, refuse
to step aside and even throw up roadblocks to implementing the "as
soon as feasible" clause. The intent of the Bylaws is clear: voters
elect representatives who then take their places and elect directors.
Yes, it would be nice to have people put Pacifica before power.
Carolyn
At 6:13 PM +0000 4/10/08, Nalini Lasiewicz wrote:
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<mailto:NewPacifica%40yahoogroups.com>NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Carolyn Birden <cmcb007@...> wrote:
Dear All,
As you know, there is an attempt to ignore the wishes of the WBAI
voters and keep the elected members of the WBAI LSB from electing
their representatives to the Pacifica National Board.
(When members meet to do this, they are meeting as your
representatives, as Delegates, not as members of the a local station
board: tricky but significant distinction.)
The JUC contingent, which will lose two seats to the national board,
is trying to keep the new elected representatives from being seated:
the three JUC members of the PNB are not going to pay
attention to the will of the WBAI membership, but are going to try
every trick they can to keep the newly elected board members from
electing new directors to the PNB.
This skirmish is partially explained by the fact that the by-laws
are still very untested.
Even Carolyn uses the language, "to keep the newly elected board
members from electing
directors...."
We can state unequivacably that Delegates are a separate body from
the LSB, but in the
venacular, the LSB is considered the principle body and, as such,
the bylaws are more
detailed about how to operate. The outgoing people (and Dan Siegel I
think) are applying
the meeting rules for LSBs to the Delegates.
I can understand why the out-going Delegates would say that there
had been an LSB
meeting already scheduled.
Before anyone starts to slobber on their armour, please understand
that I'm not "picking
sides."
It would be nice, REALLY NICE, REALLY FREAKING NICE if every once in
a blue moon the
various "elected representatives" can solve a conflict without
costing Pacifica members
thousands of dollars in legal fees.
when you people threw out a 50 year organizational structure, one of
the hidden costs
that you apparently didn't see coming was the cost off testing these
bylaws. I would like
to see some intelligent bylaw changes over the next year, as well as
an Operational Manual
so that policies and procedures are drafted, discussed, tested and
documented to handle
all these events.
Nalini