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09-19-2009, 09:46 AM
I came late to this party. So, I have zero knowledge regarding the 2010 nomination process, and, frankly, I do not care. I recognize that current participants are working within a system that was already in place. The following comments are directed at the game itself, not the players:
> We are a club of enthusiasts who love cars. In these fiscally dangerous times, we cannot afford anything to distract us from saving the club activities that we all enjoy.
> We should elect the best candidates who we can trick into volunteering for any given position. The very idea of an election “slate�? gives me the willies.
> By its very nature, the current nomination process pits groups of people against each other, and this broken process should be changed. Articles 4.3.1.1 and 4.3.1.2 define a nominating step that is unnecessary and divisive. For no good reason, we create a separate class of members that trigger an involuntary response in the Type “A�? individuals that typify PCA. Instead, the Bylaws should save us from our own frailties. The Club would be equally served if these two articles were eliminated, and Article 4.3.1.3 simply started with, “Active and family-active members may make nominations from the floor at the August[/b] meeting of the members….�?[/i] There is no reason to complicate matters. Anyone, including the President and Past-Presidents, would be free to nominate whomever they wish in an open forum with little drama.
> We need a new article that precludes any candidate from running for office with contingencies. Stipulating that "I will only serve as Minority Whip if Mike Dukakis is President"[/i] is complete nonsense. Contingencies create de facto political parties, and the US Congress shows us how well that works.
It is too late to fix the rules for this election, but I hope that we can all calm down and elect the best individuals to represent us during what will be a difficult challenge in 2010. They will need all of the help we can give them.
> We are a club of enthusiasts who love cars. In these fiscally dangerous times, we cannot afford anything to distract us from saving the club activities that we all enjoy.
> We should elect the best candidates who we can trick into volunteering for any given position. The very idea of an election “slate�? gives me the willies.
> By its very nature, the current nomination process pits groups of people against each other, and this broken process should be changed. Articles 4.3.1.1 and 4.3.1.2 define a nominating step that is unnecessary and divisive. For no good reason, we create a separate class of members that trigger an involuntary response in the Type “A�? individuals that typify PCA. Instead, the Bylaws should save us from our own frailties. The Club would be equally served if these two articles were eliminated, and Article 4.3.1.3 simply started with, “Active and family-active members may make nominations from the floor at the August[/b] meeting of the members….�?[/i] There is no reason to complicate matters. Anyone, including the President and Past-Presidents, would be free to nominate whomever they wish in an open forum with little drama.
> We need a new article that precludes any candidate from running for office with contingencies. Stipulating that "I will only serve as Minority Whip if Mike Dukakis is President"[/i] is complete nonsense. Contingencies create de facto political parties, and the US Congress shows us how well that works.
It is too late to fix the rules for this election, but I hope that we can all calm down and elect the best individuals to represent us during what will be a difficult challenge in 2010. They will need all of the help we can give them.
Joe Piernock, Paoli, PA
1972 914-3.2, 1974 Capri, 2013 GTI
1972 914-3.2, 1974 Capri, 2013 GTI