Candidates

[A. R. 'Bob' Mascott]

To All

  Please keep in mind, as you read this, that Nancy and Carlos are both 
good friends of mine and that I work with them on SCN Committees.

  This situation is 'atypical' of what a lot of the complaints are about 
here at SCN. Unfairness.  We create unfair situations by fudging the 
rules for those on the inside (so to speak) or just not doing our job 
that we have agreed to do to the utmost. The later is what worries me now 
and worries about the candidates that we have who can not spend adequate 
time in doing the job that they said they would do for SCN.

  The nomination was clearly date stamped by the originating system as 
on June 1, 95  12:37:32 PDT. The names of these candidates are being 
carried in the list of candidates. It was announced at the General 
Meeting - First that nominations would close, at the close of business, 
then at midnight 31 May, 95.

  It was also announced that the full Board of Directors consisted of 13 
members and that there was no process for an election in the Bylaws. The 
Bylaws exhibited in the Policy section calls for 15 Directors and clearly 
has an election process. What changes to these Bylaws and the Articles of 
Incorporation are we not being shown?

  A call had gone out for someone to count the votes. I volunteered and 
so far there has been no response. I think that rules for voting should 
have been posted before the voting started. Like one vote for one person 
or one account (whichever is the lessor). You must vote for all 3 
candidates at the same time, not one candidate, one candidate and one 
candidate. There will be no changing your mind on voting, like casting 
your vote, then a week later, changing your mind because the voting is 
still open. It will be very hard to count the votes correctly now, with 
no rules to go by and if rules are established, they will be put in 
midstream to the voting, which is also wrong.

  It is really very hard, to be fair to all people and being fair to the 
less fortunate is part of what I thought we were all about.

                    Bob Mascott - mascott at scn.org

On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, Lucys wrote:

> 
> 
>    Randy Groves has contributed a great deal to SCN;
>    and is a great candidate.
> 
>    I believe that his *nomination* was placed within the correct
>    time period. It was only his *statement* that was a little
>    late (and not by much).
> 
>    Joe's email indicated he would *protest* if any of the 'late'
>    candidates won (?) I think upfront we need to confirm that
>    these candidates are valid. Their *nominations* were placed
>    in time.
>   
> 
> --
>   Lucy S.                   lbs at aa.net  
>   Seattle, Washington  USA
> 
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