@considerate band fair said:
How silly to get into spurious debate over what and if… put your money where your mouth is and say what you need to at the next AGM or AND put your hand up to be on the EC and be productive.
What we’re talking about here is where the EC isn’t open and fair and you can stand for office as much as you like but you know the EC and their loyal supporters, plus those that they have convinced the sky will fall down if they aren’t elected, are going to vote themselves in every time. Then you get all the nastiness of the filthy looks and muttered imprecations as you walk around you own homes.
Friends of mine were bailed up in a cafe nearby by a friend of one of our EC’s ruling group when they said they wouldn’t be giving their proxy to the chair – and this woman doesn’t even own or live in the building!
Nothing spurious about this discussion at all. It can get very nasty and this is your home, after all. People feel isolated and frustrated and wonder if making their point is worth all the abuse they will inevitably receive. Roll on the end of proxy harvesting.