Ridecamp: RE: [RC] Does anyone know?

Some years back there was an attempt to recall a director in
the Northwest region.

Bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

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Subject: RE: [RC] Does anyone know?


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Subject: [RC] Does anyone know?

Does anyone know or remember if a BoD member has ever been
kicked off
the BOD or been recalled by their region?

C.Sanger
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No, I don't know.

but one nice thing about having so many directors is that
the immediacy of
needing to remove anyone is not so great.

It's almost easier to wait for the next election (which
always at most two
years away) and work for another candidate.

In the meantime, the Board is kind of self regulating - the
majority rule
thing....with 26 members, one must convince 12 to follow.
You can fool
some of .... you call fool all of .... etc. but there's a
pretty fair
chance that right will prevail on most issues, especially if
the issues
are discussed openly before the meetings occur.

I wonder if the board is in a swing vote mode on any of the
issues which
will be resolved in Salt Lake? we've only heard from 10% or
so of the
board on only 2 of the issues:)

There's no reason that they all couldn't respond with
thoughts on these
issues b/f the board meeting. Keeping in mind that thoughts
and positions
can change of course.

If you don't hear from your Regional Directors, and
Directors at Large
choose to not go public with their opinions, well, those
silent
directors should really think about "why be quiet??" --
what's the big
secret?? its a horse club for criminy sakes!!

AERC, as the sanctioning body for endurance rides through
out the US
and Canada, is not a place to hold your opinions close to
the vest so
that you can surprise your fellow directors and the members
when you
finally make your 30 second speil and then vote at a board
meeting.

Might as well let the world know your opinions before you
get
sequestered away in Salt Lake City.  It might even make the
meetings
shorter because you'll know going in which motions are going
to
pass-or-fail easily and more focus may be placed on the
close
call issues etc.

but, no, I don't know if there's ever been a recall or
banishment from
the herd because a member showed inappropriate directorly
tendencies.

I wonder if that urge to act directorly is a behavior that a
natural
trainer might be able to correct or overcome???

.....If you can cowboy your way out of it...

.....If dressage work between meetings will make them more
flexible...

.....If barefoot or shod directors might be better at those
enduro-board-meetings...

.....or if the RM and head Vet (Kathleen and Barney?) can
get everyone
through the ride in SLC --

.....and what completion awards might be???:)

(Is there a turtle award?? that director who is, overall b/c
its a multi-day
event, slowest on the uptake??:)

johnt

(p.s. if you're not a member of AERC, its not too late!! The
organization
      needs your energy!! You have to be a member to be
elected to the
Board!!:)

(pps. don't forget to VOTE on the by-laws!! its costing ALOT
to get those
      ballots out and then they gotta be counted
  --  so don't make it a rider-option pull!!)



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