Karen's response indirectly brings up an important point. The various
territory-based community organizations (CPN, SHCA, FOCP, etc.) are at
best partially representative of their constituencies. Not everyone who
is eligible chooses to join these groups, for a variety of reasons. Not
all the members participate in the groups' elections, nor do they
always attend meetings, forums, and other deliberative and
policy-related activities.
By the time the board of a community organization selects one or more
possible candidates for a seat at the UCD table, you've gotten several
very large steps away from "We The People" making a choice as to who
will represent them at that table.
Of course, if it wasn't that way, we'd all be spending every waking and
sleeping hour attending meetings, and nothing would get done...
-----Original Message-----
From: KAREN ALLEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
Sent: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 1:38 pm
Subject: Re: [UC] The UCD Board and community reps
From: "Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "KAREN ALLEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [UC] The UCD Board and community reps
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 13:20:50 -0400
I'm sorry Karen. One other question.
You mentioned the discussion about "better to have a seat at the
table" I
find it odd but understandable. Was there any suggestion that UCD
would
deny you a seat at the table if you just gave them one CPN choice?
If you can recall, why did CPN board members have that suspicion?
Glenn
The general understanding, both in the UCCC debate of the issue, and
with
CPN, was that we had to send three nominees. I don't know whether
there was
ever any explicit statement from UCD that sending one would result in
denial, but that was definitely inferred from UCD's insistence to have
three
nominees.
To answer your other question, it was the CPN Board, not the
membership, who
did then, and does now vote on issues concerning the organization. The
membership elects the Board, and the Board, in turn, acts on the
membership's behalf. So yes, the Board was making the decision to not
send
just one, to send three, and who the three would have been.
Karen Allen
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