I was the guy who was with you, Christy and Amy on Friday for lunch at
Patrick's. Sorry to hear about the suitcase mix up. If possible, I
always try to carry my luggage and not check anything or let others
handle it. That way there is no chance of that happening.
Original message:
Dear Mike,
Great!!!!!! There have been some negative experiences around this
hotel--my suitcase is missing in action--but they are trying to make that
right, but the guy from Maine whose luggage ended up going to KC, is not to
happy, to say the least.
Glad you got home safely; that is along way and no busses there, as
I understand it; now hopefully, I can remember the voice with your name.
Darla
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Arrigo [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 2:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ATI] elections
Hi there, that was me, thanks for asking, glad you got home safe. Yes, I did
make it home ok. There was some confusion on when the shuttle back to the
MCB building was supposed to head out. At one point it was 2:30, then it was
changed to 1:30. I was actually thinking of just taking the shuttle to the
train station and catching the Chippewa bus home, I could have gotten off
the bus about 2 blocks from my place.
Because of the confusion, the hotel offered to pay for a cab which I gladly
accepted.
Original message:
Dear Bob and John,
That was a long, long morning, and I, too, hope a more
efficient way can be found for all the reasons John states so well.
BTW, I ran into a young man who missed the bus back to the MCB
office; I hope he made it home safely.
Darla & hardworking Huck
-----Original Message-----
From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bob jaco
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 10:52 AM
To: Adaptive technology information and support.
Subject: Re: [ATI] elections
I am actually in favor of having one election Saturday. However, if
we were to do that, any additional meetings or speakers might need to
be canceled the rest of the afternoon, but we are there to conduct
business.
----- Original Message -----
From: John and Donna Weidlich <mailto:[email protected]>
To: Missouri Chat <mailto:[email protected]>
Cc: Adaptive technology information and support.
<mailto:[email protected]> ; Missouri List <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:15 PM
Subject: [ATI] elections
After sitting through that interminable process of electing
three directors to the MCB Board, which may still be going on for all
I know, I think we really need to brainstorm some ways for speeding up
that process and making it more efficient. Here is one thought. At one
time, we elected one Director on Saturday afternoon and two on sunday
morning. In fact it was written that way in the Bylaws and therefore
had to be done that way. When the Bylaws were revised, we took that
out, not because we thought it was a bad idea but because we wanted to
leave that up to the discretion of the Presidents and let each
President continue to do it that way if he/she wanted to or do them
all on Sunday. Perhaps we could try that process again to see if it
helps. the Bylaws would not have to be changed to allow that since the
Bylaws don't specify when directors have to be elected. Now all three
directors are elected in odd-numbered years. Should we consider
electing two in odd years and one in even years? Some believe we
should eliminate the directors altogether. I don't particularly favor that
approach but it could be debated again. the process needs to be changed in
some way.
Each position requires multiple elections because of runoffs and with
each election, the number of voters drops dramatically so by the end
of the process, only a few voters are making the important decision of
who will compose the Board, which is not a good thing. I wonder if
there was even a quorum present for the final election. You can argue
that people should stay but transportation often dictates when people
leave as well as check-out times at hotels. And taking almost four
hours for five elections seems ludicrous to me and I certainly can't
blame people for not sitting through such a lengthy process. In fact,
I admit that I bailed before the final director's contest and that a
candidate that I would have voted for lost.
The Board is looking at a new voting machine but I don't believe that
it will actually speed up the process and I feel that the machine
being considered could at least slightly compromise the secret ballot.
Whatever we do, the process needs to be overhauled because at least in
my opinion it is not working well. I don't want to open an argument
here but just to get some thoughts and get people to think about what
could be done to have a more fair and efficient election for our
organization. John
GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind
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ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.)
A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind
http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
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ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.)
A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind
http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
