Post by Admin on Mar 25, 2015 11:43:21 GMT -5
leery listerine posted on CHUG:
Where we might disagree is here: "Those of us who love this park have an obligation to support our duly elected Board members with input and encouragement as they speak for us, in the management and administration of the park."
The parsing of this thought i.e. "those of us..." may be careless writing..or it may be reflective of a basic "us/them" mentality being re-packaged as "unity". I cannot see into the mind and heart of the writer but this qualifying phrase strikes me as divisive and separating.
Further, there are only two directors who were elected as "freshman"--Peet Brdun and Tummy Blkbrn" J Rite was APPOINTED to fill a vacancy but never removed from the ballot. (Relying on my memory here please correct if I am in error about "freshmen candidates" being elected). All remaining candidates were original appointees of a sitting board and ran as incumbents later--in many cases unopposed. This practice of appointment has a business purpose when needed to maintain a quorum but also has a demoralizing effect when the inbred character of the board never changes because sitting directors appoint clones of themselves who subsequently "get elected" as incumbents because people don't want to run against them--or for office at all! This board was not "duly elected" in the spirit in which I understand election environments--ie elections should invite new blood and refresh association vision, rather than perpetuating an outdated status quo and protectionism of self-serving activities and privileges.
And, my obligation as an informed member is NOT to mindlessly support board members when I know, for a certainty, that a path being followed is wrong (e.g. KCNet business equipment occupying and operating on the property).
leery and I definately disagree here: "My new catch phrase is "One Park : One Voice." Let's strive to achieve that unity.
Justice William Douglas recently warned "... If intolerance of unorthodox views continues unabated, Americans will soon become as adept in the art of self-censorship as the citizens of the world's most dictatorial regimes. When Americans are intimidated into keeping dissident views to themselves, our public discourse is constricted, the First Amendment is diminished, and democracy itself is under attack."
Each of us, as owners, have the responsibility to stay informed, to squelch damaging rumors and negativity and to share accurate information with others. Those of us who love this park have an obligation to support our duly elected Board members with input and encouragement as they speak for us, in the management and administration of the park.
You, the Board, are our voice. Thanks, D for speaking for us and to us. Please keep it up.
My new catch phrase is "One Park : One Voice." Let's strive to achieve that unity.
You, the Board, are our voice. Thanks, D for speaking for us and to us. Please keep it up.
My new catch phrase is "One Park : One Voice." Let's strive to achieve that unity.
Where we might disagree is here: "Those of us who love this park have an obligation to support our duly elected Board members with input and encouragement as they speak for us, in the management and administration of the park."
The parsing of this thought i.e. "those of us..." may be careless writing..or it may be reflective of a basic "us/them" mentality being re-packaged as "unity". I cannot see into the mind and heart of the writer but this qualifying phrase strikes me as divisive and separating.
Further, there are only two directors who were elected as "freshman"--Peet Brdun and Tummy Blkbrn" J Rite was APPOINTED to fill a vacancy but never removed from the ballot. (Relying on my memory here please correct if I am in error about "freshmen candidates" being elected). All remaining candidates were original appointees of a sitting board and ran as incumbents later--in many cases unopposed. This practice of appointment has a business purpose when needed to maintain a quorum but also has a demoralizing effect when the inbred character of the board never changes because sitting directors appoint clones of themselves who subsequently "get elected" as incumbents because people don't want to run against them--or for office at all! This board was not "duly elected" in the spirit in which I understand election environments--ie elections should invite new blood and refresh association vision, rather than perpetuating an outdated status quo and protectionism of self-serving activities and privileges.
And, my obligation as an informed member is NOT to mindlessly support board members when I know, for a certainty, that a path being followed is wrong (e.g. KCNet business equipment occupying and operating on the property).
leery and I definately disagree here: "My new catch phrase is "One Park : One Voice." Let's strive to achieve that unity.
Justice William Douglas recently warned "... If intolerance of unorthodox views continues unabated, Americans will soon become as adept in the art of self-censorship as the citizens of the world's most dictatorial regimes. When Americans are intimidated into keeping dissident views to themselves, our public discourse is constricted, the First Amendment is diminished, and democracy itself is under attack."
