My letter to QCUSA...

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <01I8FVMLYNSY8ZHBAS@delphi.com> AUDIDUDI@delphi.com writes:
> The following is a copy of a letter I recently sent to Scott Thiss of QCUSA

I know _nothing_ of the QCUSA.  This letter forms a convenient framework for
me to describe a few obvious differences that I see, and some problems that
may arise with increased foreign membership of the UK club.

> .. requiring prospective candidates to be screened by a nominating committee 
> then approved by the Board before allowing them to run for office ...

Nah.  We currently use the "bear pit" approach at the Annual General Meeting.  
Any member wishing to stand for office has to be nominated and seconded by two 
other members.  The nominations are closed during the AGM, votes taken, and the 
one that gets the most gets the job.  If the AGM wishes to vote the entire 
committee out of office on a whim, it has the power to do so. It did, in early 
1995. There is, at present, no specific provision for postal or online 
nomination, but no ban either, and there's nothing in the rules that says you 
have to wait for an AGM to nominate.  Ergo, three US members could get together 
to nominate and second the third for office as soon as they get their 
membership numbers, and the next AGM would _have_ to vote on that nomination.

> That the financial statement published for the fiscal year 1995
> contains only the barest minimum of information ...

Ours is a one-page income statement and a one-page balance sheet.  You want to 
see it all, you ask the treasurer.  All members are entitled to do this.

> For that matter, why aren't the dates/times/location and agenda for each
> Board meeting publicized in advance so that interested members might attend?

We _don't_ do this, but perhaps we should.  Anyone who's interested enough 
to attend might be stupid^H^H^H^H^H^Hinterested enough to volunteer for 
office themselves.  For the record, the next committee meeting is on 20 October 
1996, "somewhere near Worcester". I don't recommend the committee meetings 
unless you're a terminal insomniac - the last one spent two hours discussing 
the precise positioning of the logo on the club jacket.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club