The last couple of board elections there have been petition candidates on the ballot as well as board-nominated ones. In some cases I believe the staff campaigned against petition candidates. But they were on the ballot.
Robert >>> Wil Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/25/07 2:03 PM >>> Of course, La Follette only got on the board because it used to be possible to get on the slate without Sierra Club HQ blessing. Sierra Club HQ subsequently squelched the prospects for independent voices like La Follette to get on the board by purging that provision. Now, the Club is certain to only have "good soldiers" on the board, further ensuring the kind of group think that debilitates all large organizations that fear dissent of any sort. So it goes ... Dr. Wil Burns Senior Fellow, International Environmental Law Santa Clara University School of Law 500 El Camino Real, Loyola 101 Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA Phone: 408.551.3000 x6139 Mobile: 650.281.9126 Fax: 408.554.2745 [EMAIL PROTECTED] SSRN Author Page: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=240348
