The split between board members (3 to 3) came because of the issue of the mailing of the quarterly bulletins to Lifetime Members. I personally know of a lifetime member who has been saving “every” bulletin since he became a member and I did not feel that it was fair to him or anyone else who would put that much commitment and interest into this club, to be told they “have” to switch to e-mail. This is the way I worded my actual vote:
“If you are saying that if someone who is willing to pay for a lifetime membership does not even have the option of getting their bulletin by US mail..then I vote "no" to the new proposal.”
Jean and I both started calling members who were receiving their bulletins by snail mail and many didn’t mind switching to help save the club money, so the whole idea of trying to push an issue through which decreased the club’s income, but was presented as of a way to saving time and money, did not make sense to me. In reality, I believe it was more of an issue of trying to get more people to switch to e-mail, which many agreed to do without having to push a new set of rules….which I guess now leads me to another question.
John…You said,“If in office next year I'll try again...with some new board members in place that could change the outcome of a vote(s).” and then you also said, “I'll make another proposal(s) once the new board is in place.”
My question is, if you are elected President and then also stay on as Secretary/Treasurer, does that give you 2 votes when voting on any issues presented to the Board of Directors?
