[DeTomaso] [SDP] Extremely Important Vote for POCA
Julian Kift
julian_kift at hotmail.com
Tue Feb 10 16:19:22 EST 2015
So given the debacle over the recent election of Board Members I understand and commend the move to electronic voting, what I would question is how that has morphed into a small majority of POCA members being able to decide for all and why that is considered a benefit or desired outcome? Before you know it you have 3 Board members in a back room with a 2-1 majority vote....
I also sincerely hope the deadline for voting will be conducive for all to cast a vote given it takes significantly longer to receive the Newsletter outside the US and one presumes electronic voting is still not permitted until approved by the majority.
What percentage of POCA members voted (both by mail and electronic, despite the latter not being counted) in the recent Board elections?
Julian
> From: ccampman at cox.net
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:34:37 -0800
> To: edducati at mac.com
> CC: detomaso at poca.com; sdpanteras at googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SDP] Extremely Important Vote for POCA
>
> Dear Ed,
>
> This is the first I am hearing about a vote to change the Bylaws. If a voting ballot is coming in the March newsletter requiring my participation in a timely manner, it would be good to have some background on the issue earlier than later. I would hope the background will include the Article in question, pros and cons of the existing and new Article wording, and an explanation of how the “change” will impact the club membership as a whole.
>
> If this information is already available somewhere on the POCA website, then please point me to it.
>
> Regards,
> Craig Campman
> Red ’73 - #5303
>
>
>
> On Feb 10, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > The POCA board has gone to great lengths to change this one section of the bylaws; it's called article 10. The change will make it easier for ALL POCA members to vote in the future and Allow electronic voting! Yeah!
> >
> > The way the by-laws read now, you have to have a majority of votes by POCA members in good standing, that means to change anything now we need 500+ votes, but with this new article 10 not only will it allow electronic voting, but future votes will be by POCA members as a majority of votes cast.
> >
> > Yes a lot of legal mumbo jumbo but we are a California based non profit corp. So this change needs to be implemented and put forth to the membership to pass. That's you guys.
> >
> > The important part, we need everyone to vote to get the now required 500+ votes for this to pass. The exact wording and voting ballot will be in the March Newsletter and we need to get the vote out!!!
> >
> > What will happen if this does not pass?
> >
> > Things are not going to be able to be changed very easily; as in updating the
> > By-laws from its dinosaurus state, or at all to make things better for YOU, the members.
> >
> > So I urge everyone to please vote.
> >
> > Any questions please ask.
> >
> > I hope I have explained this well enough, the biggest thing is that this is for all of you and a first step in making this a better club.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone 5
> >
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So given the debacle over the recent election of Board Members I
understand and commend the move to electronic voting, what I would
question is how that has morphed into a small majority of POCA members
being able to decide for all and why that is considered a benefit
or desired outcome? Before you know it you have 3 Board members in a
back room with a 2-1 majority vote....
I also sincerely hope the deadline for voting will be conducive for all
to cast a vote given it takes significantly longer to receive the
Newsletter outside the US and one presumes electronic voting is still
not permitted until approved by the majority.
What percentage of POCA members voted (both by mail and electronic,
despite the latter not being counted) in the recent Board elections?
Julian
> From: ccampman at cox.net
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:34:37 -0800
> To: edducati at mac.com
> CC: detomaso at poca.com; sdpanteras at googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SDP] Extremely Important Vote for POCA
>
> Dear Ed,
>
> This is the first I am hearing about a vote to change the Bylaws. If
a voting ballot is coming in the March newsletter requiring my
participation in a timely manner, it would be good to have some
background on the issue earlier than later. I would hope the background
will include the Article in question, pros and cons of the existing and
new Article wording, and an explanation of how the change will impact
the club membership as a whole.
>
> If this information is already available somewhere on the POCA
website, then please point me to it.
>
> Regards,
> Craig Campman
> Red 73 - #5303
>
>
>
> On Feb 10, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > The POCA board has gone to great lengths to change this one section
of the bylaws; it's called article 10. The change will make it easier
for ALL POCA members to vote in the future and Allow electronic
voting! Yeah!
> >
> > The way the by-laws read now, you have to have a majority of votes
by POCA members in good standing, that means to change anything now we
need 500+ votes, but with this new article 10 not only will it allow
electronic voting, but future votes will be by POCA members as a
majority of votes cast.
> >
> > Yes a lot of legal mumbo jumbo but we are a California based non
profit corp. So this change needs to be implemented and put forth to
the membership to pass. That's you guys.
> >
> > The important part, we need everyone to vote to get the now
required 500+ votes for this to pass. The exact wording and voting
ballot will be in the March Newsletter and we need to get the vote
out!!!
> >
> > What will happen if this does not pass?
> >
> > Things are not going to be able to be changed very easily; as in
updating the
> > By-laws from its dinosaurus state, or at all to make things better
for YOU, the members.
> >
> > So I urge everyone to please vote.
> >
> > Any questions please ask.
> >
> > I hope I have explained this well enough, the biggest thing is that
this is for all of you and a first step in making this a better club.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone 5
> >
> > --
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "SDPANTERAS" group.
> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it,
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