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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / January 2009AMA EC votes for term limits
----- Original Message ----- From: Tony To: amadist5@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 9:11 AM Subject: [AMA Dist V] TERM LIMITS All: I am very happy to report that the EC has passed a provision to have the AMA Leader Members vote on Term Limits for AMA officers. The Term Limits are 3 consecutive 3-year terms. After that time, the Officer must step down for a full term, at which time he or she will be able to run for that office for another 3 consecutive 3-year terms. This is something that has come up every year since I have been on the EC, but has always failed. I have voted in favor of it each time, but this is the first time (because of the new blood on the council) that we have actually been able to pass it. The next step is for the Leader Members of AMA to vote and approve it. In a few days, all AMA Leader Members will receive an E-mail from AMA HQ about this issue. I would hope that everyone will understand how difficult it is to get a body of elected officers to vote to approve limiting their terms! Most want to protect their turf and are unwilling to step down as they feel that “AMA can’t operate without me”. This is one of the last strongholds of the “good ‘ol boy” barrier that some EC members have been trying to break down. Well, that time may have finally come, with the help of the Leader Members. Please pass this info to all AMA clubs and especially to the Leader Members. We need their support to make this happen! Tony Stillman, President Radio South, Inc. 139 Altama Connector, Box 322 Brunswick, GA 31525 1-800-962-7802 www.radiosouthrc.com . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tony [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > limiting their terms! Most want to protect their turf and are unwilling > to step down as they feel that AMA cant operate without me. This is > one of the last strongholds of the good ol boy barrier that some EC > members have been trying to break down. Well, that time may have > finally come, with the help of the Leader Members. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > . In all the clubs I've ever been in, you selected the officers from a small pool of candidates that had the word "sucker" tattooed on their foreheads. The challenge wasn't to limit terms, but rather to scrape up enough folks to vote in an entire slate every year -- in fact, officers were had the highest motivation to seek out new members, because those would be the folks who hadn't yet realized the level of work vs. the level of thanklessness involved in being involved. But then, I've never been involved in anything as big as the AMA...  SignatureTim Wescott Control systems and communications consulting http://www.wescottdesign.com Need to learn how to apply control theory in your embedded system? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" by Tim Wescott Elsevier/Newnes, http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Tony [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > But then, I've never been involved in anything as big as the AMA... ------------ Term limits are favored by those that wish to circumvent the will of the voting membership. The membership should have the ability to vote, or not vote, for folks as many times as they wish, as far as I'm concerned. Ed Cregger > Term limits are favored by those that wish to circumvent the will of the > voting membership. The membership should have the ability to vote, or not > vote, for folks as many times as they wish, as far as I'm concerned. Occasions arise where the voting membership has dwindled to the point that only a few even bother to vote anymore for whatever reason (alienation, apathy, tired of dealing with single mindedness, unwillingness to tolerate change, etc.) and those that do are able to push their own agenda or those of their cronies. In Southern parlance, the "good ol' boys" get to run the show for as long as they want. Term limits, at the very least, offer the opportunity for some members to think there might be changes in the future rather than a single path to the same thing. Chris Consider this when thinking about term limits. There has been ample opportunity to dump the good old boys as evidenced by the number of time setting members of the AMA EC have run unopposed. Your excuses for not voting (alienation, apathy, tired of dealing with single mindedness, unwillingness to tolerate change, etc.) omitted one very important factor. Negligence on the part of the electorate to become informed and then take action! Red Scholefield AMA 951 Dist. V Leader Member/CD consider also that it is DAMN hard to vote someone OUT when they run unopposed. the ballot needs a "none of the above" box >Consider this when thinking about term limits. There has been ample >opportunity to dump the good old boys as evidenced by the number of time >setting members of the AMA EC have run unopposed > consider also that it is DAMN hard to vote someone OUT when they run > unopposed. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >>opportunity to dump the good old boys as evidenced by the number of time >>setting members of the AMA EC have run unopposed ----------- Obviously, there is no one perfect answer to suit all situations. I was for term limits for a long period of time in my life and the "good old boys" syndrome was the reason why. I spoke with a much older and wiser club member who was against term limits. He convinced me that it was the lesser evil of all of the alternatives. I can't articulate exactly why I changed my mind, but I have. A club that my wife belongs to, and which she has been president of three times in the last five years, faced a the situation of having no one running for president when my wife decided to back off and do other things. She simply did not have the time to babysit everyone and think of new projects for them to work on. The membership consists of very nice and talented people, all of whom would have been a suitable president for one or two terms. Finally, with a bit of a push from my wife, someone was talked into running, but it very nearly didn't happen. The club would probably have disbanded had not this one person come forward and volunteered to hold the office of president. It's pretty sad, but this is what we get when religions emphasize that one should lack pride (confidence) and should not be competitive or assertive. Fortunately, the men down here do not seem to suffer from the same malady. Ed Cregger |
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