Comments Former Florida Chapter Excom Member has made

  • As to all that 'consensus' in the Florida Chapter

    This `analysis' of votes of the Florida Chapter Executive Committee is a feeble attempt to argue that we all got along and there was no factionalism.  
    How about conducting an analysis of the votes of the Chapter's hand-picked Emergency Committee, where most of the important and controversial stuff was decided (in many cases in violation of the Chapter Bylaws) and presented to the full Excom as a fait accompli, thus avoiding any of those uncomfortable differences of opinion?
    How about conducting an analysis of the appointments to committees over the past several years, particularly the self-appointment of the Chapter Chair to be Chair of the Nominating Committee for 2007, in direct violation of the Florida Chapter bylaws?
    These attempts to convince the outside world that the Florida Chapter is full of a bunch of people who got along fine and it was just Nasty National that moved in because of  Chlorox or any other issue are just bogus.On Ouster of Sierra Club's Florida leaders stirs up a storm of controversy posted 1 year, 6 months ago 7 Responses

  • November Florida Chapter Election

    The full truth of the November election is that the National Bylaws and Standing Rules committee, while not willing to declare the results invalid, did, after looking at the ballots, inform the Chapter Chair that it found the use of photocopied ballots in November (and from anecdotal evidence it received also in previous years) was contrary to the Standing Rules of the Chapter and that if procedures weren't put in place to correct the situation, the results of future elections might be in jeopardy.  
    Elections are fair when everyone follows the rules, not when some people follow them and others don't.
    On Ouster of Sierra Club's Florida leaders stirs up a storm of controversy posted 1 year, 6 months ago 7 Responses