Re: My letter to QCUSA...

[Trisha Bethen <trishab@mv.mv.com>]

On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Phil Payne wrote:

> 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
> 
The committee chairman who is in charge should be able to control such a 
decision as to the logo position rather than waste two hours.....time 
limits should be made then a proposal.....motion, rather, then 
vote.......geessss...