>From: Mike Borgelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >...It isn't the contributors to this group who are unrepresentative, it is >the GFA executive. Why else are they too gutless to face a direct election?
Well, Mike, since you're happy to throw strong words like 'gutless' around we may as well be frank. There are no direct elections for GFA Council because Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia wouldn't tolerate it. They want to keep the gerrymander. That's why we don't have direct elections. As a sandgroper, I sympathise with the reasons but it's still a gerrymander and those three would walk rather than see it abolished. Yes, there could be state-by-state direct elections but would that be any more democratic? A minority of the membership would still elect a majority of the Council votes. Aren't these three States the ones you've been most associated with, Mike? Did YOU push hard for democracy in the GFA when you were a power in these States or did you forfeit your right to criticise the system now by going along with it when you could have tried to changed it? Enquiring minds want to know. Besides, I want to see you come to grips with solving a real political problem instead of mindless sloganeering. Graeme Cant _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
