Robert,
As you have always been a advocate of free sharing of information with the GFA
membership, can you please fairly summarise the for and against reasons that
were considered by the Board, and why there was no support for this proposal?
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Hart
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 60, Issue 10
David Lawley wrote:
Well said Barry, problem is the GFA has its fingers in it's ears and is
saying "lalalalalalalalala I can't hear you".
Only a change to the board electoral system is going to save gliding, but
the electoral system is rigged so that cannot happen. Pity eh?
Which is exactly why it's not going to happen until the membership gets off
it's collective rear end!!! The GFA is the members' organisation and if enough
members get up and say "change" then it will happen. Whilst people sit around
doing nothing, nothing will change.
In the lead up to the GFA AGM this weekend, I wrote to the other regional
Board members asking them to raise the issue of direct elections by the
membership to the positions of President, Treasurer and Vice President - would
they support changes to the articles that would give effect to this? This was
after discussion in Gliding Queensland, in which we decided that we were
prepared to push the barrow on this issue provided at least one other region
was prepared to come on board and help.
Guess what - no other region was prepared to do so.
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Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au
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