Ridecamp: [RC] Protest

John:

I believe the AERC BoD established a precedent in the past
when they instructed the AERC Executive Director to file a
protest. This action, in and of its self, established the
action I suggest.

Now, we have an established alleged violation of the rules,
rather more than alleged since the violations were acceded
to, perpetrated against the Conference. The Conference,
represented by the BoD not any singular person, is the
complainant, the injured party.

If this alleged violation affected an individual, I would
agree with you. The alleged violation does not affect an
individual but the membership as whole. The membership as a
whole is represented by the Board. Thus it is the duty of
the Board to protect the interests and image of the
Conference. This responsibility does not reside with one
individual.

Conversely, if there is insistence on an individual filing a
protest, then that individual should be the President of the
AERC filing on behalf of the membership in order to protect
the integrity of their (the membership) Conference.

Bob
Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

-----Original Message-----
From: John A. Teeter [mailto:johnt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 10:53 AM
To: Bob Morris
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] Starts


Yikes!! a disagreement:)

I don't think the AERC Board is necessarily required to take
any action with respect to the situation. It would be
difficult to find a place in the bylaws or rules that
specify that the Board will act in the manner you describe
in the situation at hand.

Additionally, there is no way for a member to force the
board to take any particular action. I also don't think that
the BoD acting as a unit, has any particular need to
initiate a special P&G gathering of facts for the purpose of
proceeding with whaterver acts the P&G think are
appropriate.

The way one would initiate the P&G action you describe is
for a member (any member in good standing, including those
pesky day members I think) to, within the structure and
procedures described in Rule 15, file a protest. At that
point, all that you describe would happen.

I don't see the direct need for the BoD to go around
existing protest procedures.

I also don't think the broad claim that members of the AERC
Board of Directors,  by failing to do as you describe, are
showing distain for the AERC Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations.

Rather, if they were to followed your suggestion to initiate
some action with P&G directly,  NOT allowing the normal
protest procedures to be used, they would be showing a lack
of confidence in the very organizational structures you
mention.

johnt:)




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