A TITANIC Moment: Rose, Blow the Whistle! Call the Rescuers Back!

When you watched the movie ”TITANIC,” weren’t you at least silently saying, “Rose, blow the whistle! Blow the whistle! Call the rescuers back!” so Rose could be saved after Jack froze to death and sank to the bottom …

It’s Easier to Ask for Forgiveness than it is to Get Permission

It’s Easier to Ask for Forgiveness than it is to Get Permission: 8224 Old Courthouse Road, Vienna, Virginia 22182. Plus, Board Minutes, Nominating Committee, and Advertising for ER reporter in MN. Wow! A lot of discoveries since the …

YOU DID IT!!!

Congratulations, NCRA Members!!! You made the NOISE, and it reverberated LOUDLY and CLEARLY in Chi-Town!!! A few months ago YOU nominated three candidates, and yesterday YOU came out in force and elected them to be OUR new LEADERS. …

The NCRA Polls are OPEN!!! Make some NOISE for Democracy!!!

Please vote for the candidates that WE, the membership at large, have nominated. Sue Terry, Debbie Dibble and Christine Phipps are OUR candidates, and today is the day to support them with OUR VOTES. Wake Up NCRA! Frank …

VOTE on AUGUST 4TH!!! Show NCRA what “Democracy in Action” REALLY Means!!!

Yes, the time to actually VOTE is almost upon us! We need to send a crystal-clear message that the nominating and election process at NCRA is TOTALLY BROKEN and it must be done away with. As things stand …

Lip-Synching Democracy – NCRA’s Milli Vanilli Moment

In a recent Facebook post, NCRA’s President Stephen Zinone – or, hopefully, his ghostwriter – through a tour de force of NCRA’s governing documents and applicable law, held NCRA’s election process up as a shining example of “democracy …

It’s a Brave New World, Indeed, My Little Pretty

As we all know by now, a couple of past presidents started a company a few years ago that is now gaining some traction. In a news release, they describe their new business as “the beginning of a …

A Super-Secret Handshake + A Clique = An Oligarchy

  There are 14 members that sit on NCRA’s Board of Directors, but did you know it only takes THREE members to make any major decision? Yep, it’s the sneaky truth that we discovered while on our dig …

A Question of Ethics

After the last WakeUpNCRA post, we became very curious about the new president and president-elect that will automatically be installed in early August. Since they are not involved in contested elections and the questionnaires that would give a …

The Big Dig and Being Blind-Sided by the Secret Handshake

Did you know that there are three contested elections that need to be voted on on August 4th? We here at WakeUpNCRA didn’t know about these elections until we began hearing from the candidates themselves. So we decided …