It is a noteworty task you have taken on seeking answers from the AOS leadership regarding the proposed slate of officers for the upcoming term. But you are asking the wrong questions. We should not be asking whether the nominating committee made sound and ethical choices. Indeed, Art Moore will probably be a fine president. The question that NEEDS to be asked is why Howard Bronstein and Sue Eloe were summarily dismissed from the executive committee. In particular, why, after so many years of dedicated service to the AOS, was Howard Bronstein not elevated to the post of president that is customarily filled by the executive vice president? Was it because he was not filling his duties in his appointed post? I doubt it. Was it because he wasn't a team player? I doubt that too, how would he have achieved the post of exec VP? Was it because Mr. Moore has done more for the AOS than Mr. Bronstein? I doubt that too. You may or may not be aware that not only did Mr. Bronstein develop a profit-making awards CD for the AOS, but he also developed he also the interface by which all judging center awards are recorded by the AOS. He has spent many years working with the information committee to bring the AOS into the 21st century. Something that the organization sorely needs. I quote from Dr, Griesbach's reply to your post at the AOS forum questioning the behaviour of the nominating committee, "I applaud them for not getting involved in the politics." So if Mr. Bronstein was not "passed over" because of a lack of fulfilling current duties as exec VP, or inability to fulfill future duties as president, why was he passed over after so many years of dedicated service? If you ask yourself this question, the ONLY answer IS indeed, politics and ugliness. If you think that the nominating committee was selected because of "qualifications", you are sadly mistaken. They were selected with political motives by a very few people, likely based on input from one person. And it is sad that the trustees have sunken to a benign state of approving agendas rather than questioning them. It is equally sad that you have tried to "bait" Mr. Bronstein into publicly stating his opinions on these events. Until October, he is still an officer of The American Orchid Society and is required to fulfill his duties as exec VP, which do NOT include commenting to diatribes from idle gossips such as yourself. If Mr. Ginsburg wants to mount a campaign to elect Mickey Mouse as president of the AOS then so be it, The cards will fall where they may.
It is not Mr. Bronstein's silence that is deafening, it is your keyboard!
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