> At 09:43 PM 09/14/2003 -0600, Mark N. Shahan wrote:
[snip]
> >names to the BFW, the nominations committee selects the people whose
names
> >appear on the ballot with approval from the full Board of Directors.
[Robbie wrote:]
> Not quite true. Any of the people that wanted to run could have
requested
> that their name be put on the ballot. The nominating committee talked
them
> out of this option. If they had insisted on running, their name would
have
> appeared on the ballot.
I know that a number of organisations do run board elections as a
rubber stamp of a nominating committee's recommendations, but what
would be wrong with actually having an open election? Should it have
to take someone who is perceived as a "bad" candidate AND an
extraordinary write-in campaign to have a democratic election??
[I also wonder why the ballot appears to be structured such that the
write-in is to replace a specific "recommended" candidate. If there
are write-in votes for Mark placed opposite a different candidate, will
they count only as a vote "against" that candidate, or will all votes
for Mark be cumulative?]
I'm going to make a confession. Although I've been somewhat involved
as a volunteer, it's only recently that I joined BFW. I figured out
what it was--it was the first time someone actually asked me to join.
(No, the asking wasn't related to the election.)
Now as a member, I submitted my ballot, and am happy to say that I did
the Mark Shahan write-in, too. Lots of people around here are active
bicycle transportation advocates, but for the time I've lived in
Wisconsin, it's hard to find many people other than Mark and a few
others (y'all know who you are, Robbie, Tim, Mike, et cetera) who are
both out in the street and also doing the sometimes dull and boring--
but necessary--work of trying to keep city government honest and
informed on these issues. Mark's energy and dedication, regardless of
whether you always agree with him on a specific issue, is simply
amazing.
Now go have a beer,
Bob Paolino
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