COOKING THE CAMPAIGN
The UCO
nominating committee has set in motion rules to discourage residents from running
for office.
One resident decided to run for executive
board and submitted her written bio to the nomination committee. The committee refused to accept the bio for
the following reasons:
1. It was not submitted by e-mail.
2. It was not considered written in the committees
accepted format.
3. It was not submitted with two proofs of
residency.
These
requirements were concocted by the nominations committee and are NOT PART OF
THE UCO BYLAWS, which read:
The
function of the Nomination Committee shall be to compile a slate of nominees
for the election of a President, four (4) Vice Presidents, a corresponding
Secretary, a Recording Secretary, and a treasurer, as well as the regular
members of the Executive Board and submit same at the February meeting of the
Delegate Assembly. They may submit more than (1) name for any position.
Nowhere in
the bylaws does it require a bio; nevertheless, one that is e-mailed or in a mandated
format. In addition, because the amendment to change the residency requirements
did not pass, the only legitimate requirement at present is that a person STATES
that they reside here more than nine months during the year.
Is the ownership
or knowledge of computers necessary for someone to run for office? We have many talented, educated and qualified
people living within the village who do not own computers and are not computer savvy.
Is it wise to discourage these
individuals from running for office? On
the other hand, is this a deliberate ploy to discourage new faces with fresh
ideas to run for office? Talented individuals should not have to use their
energy to get their name placed on the ballot; they should use it to get
elected.
David Israel
and his supporters fought hard to eliminate Term Limits because they said they
could not get enough people to run for office. And now when we do have people
willing to run, they are being nickel and dimed because of the red tape
involved.
TERM LIMITS
ARE COMING UP AGAIN IN DECEMBER. DELEGATES YOU WILL HAVE ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY
TO PUT THEM BACK IN OUR BYLAWS. THIS WILL BE YOUR FINAL CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
THINK SMART, THINK TERM LIMITS.
So, the gangsters cooked the books and now they're cooking the election.
ReplyDeleteHO! HO! HO!
Merry Christmas, you fools. Next time vote for term limits and get the bums out.
Don't forget that if you want to run, you must be willing to serve on 2 committees, which also is not stated in the bylaws. I had thought of running, and would not mind serving on 1 committee, but 2 is one too many for me, as I'm involved in other means of volunteering for the village. Serving on 2 committees is also no stated in the by-laws as far as I know.
ReplyDeleteCarole,
DeleteServing on the Executive board is considered one committee.
Therefore, you only need to service on one other committee as well.
Please reconsider- CV needs you.
Run Carole, we need your energy and expertise.
DeleteMy wife and I returned from the snow country to our home away from home a week and a half ago. We've been catching up with a mountain of literature in the Blogs, not so much Israel's Blog because that is like reading the magazines Home & Garden or Lady's Home journal.
ReplyDeleteWe've been reading for two days now, off and on, and we have to say that Israel and his troop really need to bid farewell to Century Village.
Even if this Blog was half correct, Israel would be considered, in our opinion, the epitome of a bad , if not altogether wicked president. The things that he has gotten away with are incredible. The worst of all was the paving deal, and it seems that people just look the other way. Yes, we think that Israel and his partner, Black, the man cloaked in deception, should be history in about four months. Century Village, according to everything we've read and believe, must be detoxified.
We'll vote for term limits. You say this vote is coming up again? Will this vote take place at the December Delegates' meeting?
Yes Anthony, The vote to restore term Limits will take place in December.
DeleteThanks for taking the time and interest to catch up all that has been happening while you were away.
Welcome back!