We were reading through the “rationale” behind the proposed bylaws and why the board thinks that these changes are in membership’s best interests!
First of all, all of us here at WakeUpNCRA – and we’re sure the rest of the membership, too – want to know exactly which board members voted to put these terrible proposed bylaws changes to membership vote.
But that would require transparency. And the board doesn’t define “transparency” the same way that the rest of us do. We’re not ALLOWED to know which board members voted against ANY proposal. The majority rules! They subscribe to the Three Musketeers’ principle – “all for one; one for all.” And by the way, remember that it only takes Three Musketeers on the Executive Committee to pass anything they want to pass. Aha! So we can just rationalize that it was Steve, Tiva and Chris that voted to place these bylaws changes on the ballot.
One thing that their rationalization states is that members do want to be able to have an active voice in their organization. That is something that we agree on. But these proposals take away that active voice, and they give the Nominating Committee 100% authority over OUR representatives.
The Nominating Committee perpetuates the cliques. The president appoints the Nominating Committee, and the immediate past president presides over it. The president and immediate past president are chums, otherwise they wouldn’t be on the Executive Committee! The president appoints at least another two of her chums to the Nominating Committee. They always throw in an outlier or two as decoys. But, still, they only need Three Musketeers to agree on who will be nominated. The immediate past president (a chum) always breaks a tie vote.
Now they want to allow the Nominating Committee to put up “as many highly qualified ‘friends’” as it likes with the top three candidates for Director seats garnering the most votes to be seated. AND they don’t mention anything about the coveted Executive Committee positions in their rationalization. Why? Because it only takes Three Musketeers on the Executive Committee to make all of the major decisions for NCRA*, and they don’t want to change that li’l ol’ skulduggery.
These bylaws changes are BAD for membership.
These bylaws changes are BAD for steno reporters.
Theses bylaws changes are BAD for NCRA.
Please join us on Thursday, August 10th, in voting AGAINST any changes to the existing bylaws!!!
Wake Up, NCRA!
Frank N. Sense
P.S. Please send this to all of your fellow NCRA members so that they’re informed about Voting AGAINST this year’s bylaws changes, too.
* like selling the paid-for NCRA building