Hi Red,
I'm not sure if you approve or disapprove of the move being proposed, but on first reading - it seems like a reasonable attempt to solve some of the complaints. Incidentally, I'd not heard of this letter yet, our club president may have just received it, but possibly after our last meeting. Next time I talk with him, I'll inquire.
Thanks,
Olin McDaniel, AMA 30932
FYI
>
>Here is the text of a letter sent by AMA Vice President - District V, Jim
>McNeill to some club Presidents regarding proposed changes to the nomination >procedure.
>
> Page one of two pages was a letter from JM on AMA letterhead. It read: >
>TO: Some of the AMA Chartered Club Presidents in District V
>FROM: Jim McNeill, District V Vice President
>SUBJECT: Your involvement in our election process
>
> Our Board of Directors is constantly seeking new ways to improve
>our election process. specifically, how to place qualified
>applicants on the ballot. Currently we use a "NOMINATING COMMITTEE"
>for this purpose. The Nominating Committee is constantly accused of
>using "The good old boy" system when selecting applicants. This is
>not true but the criticism never ends.
> A new idea is to use AMA Chartered Club Presidents to select who
>shall be placed on the ballot at election time. The process would be
>simple. AMA Hd'qrs will mail you the qualified candidates at the
>appropriate time and you pick who will go on the ballot for
>elections. You mail you selections back to AMA Hd'qrs.
> My purpose in writing you is to see if you would be willing to
>take the time to study the enclosed qualifications of prospective
>candidates, pick the ones you think best, and return the ballot to
>AMA. To see if you would take the time to get involved.
>
> I'd like to hear from you. My address is at the top; my E-mail
>address is: snipped-for-privacy@SCOTT.NET; my phone # is 205 322-2127 >
> I know many of you personally. What do you think???
>
> All due best wishes, Jim McNeill
>
>
>
>Page two of the letter was a copy of an email from JM to the
>executive council dated Sep 24, 2004. It read:
>
>Subject: nominating committee procedures
>
>Our Nominating Commettee procedures have come under fire lately from
>some members accusing the Committee of using "Good Old Boy" tactics,
>where friendship and favoritism manifest partiality. We know this is
>not true but the criticism continues. Suggestions to change our
>method of placing candidates on the final ballot include: Using
>Leader Members to pick the candidates that go on the ballot. It is
>possible for a candidate to juggle the Leader Member process
>slightly by getting some of his friends to become Leader Members. >
>An alternate method under consideration might be to use the AMA
>chartered Club PRESIDNETS to decide who will go on the ballot. A
>Club President has been voted into his office by his members, it
>would be impossible for anyone to juggle Club Presidents. Advantages
>using this method might include getting the Club Presidents involved
>in our voting process and we might also get many more voters to
>respond at election time.
>
>This suggestion is a brilliant idea, I cannot take the credit for
>it. Dave Brown suggested it to me. I am placing it on the Nov agenda >for discussion.
>
>Jim McNeil Dist V VP
>
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>Red Scholefield
>AMA 951 Dist. V
>Leader Member/CD
>
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