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In <9212617.25046@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> ggr@corowa.acci.com.au (Greg Rose) writes:

>Where has all the traffic gone?

You too? I thought my feed site was playing silly buggers
and censoring my feed, following some of my previous
posts. ( ;-) for the humour-impaired )

>This would appear to be another rambling post from someone who wants
>to drum up votes for the coming election. ...

I suppose we should do an RFD for aus.auug.politics now. (**)

>                                    ..... I arrived back in Australia
>from overseas, with a desire to get involved in AUUG activities
>again, so when a few weeks had gone by and I hadn't seen anything
>looking like a nomination form for the annual AUUG elections, I
>assumed I had missed it in my travels. So I enquired about the
>deadline for nominations and discovered it was the 14th of April. My
>calendar said that was today! So I hurriedly got a handwritten form
>nominating me for a committee member signed by a few people and rushed
>it to Rolf Jester, with whom I happened to be meeting that afternoon.

Erk! May 6th today.

I wasn't watching my calendar. There has been nothing in
AUUGN. Perhaps the committee's been too tied up on other
things, like "Open Forum". Maybe, when the April AUUGN
arrives in June(**), there'll be a nomination form.

>I don't know why I hurried. The mail out still hasn't happened, and I
>am the only one who appears to have nominated for any position at all.

Hmm. I'm not too sure how the rules go about handling that
situation. I'm not sure that the rules published on the back
of Open Forum are complete -- they don't seem to be. I seem
to recall -- let me check my files -- yes, only about half
the rules have been published, with no note advising that
there's a second instalment. [ Is that legal? ]

Anyway, from the complete rules, it appears that you Greg,
being the only nominee, are able to appoint any ordinary
member to the Management Committee, and from that, appoint
principal officers from the management committee.

IMHO, this is a brilliant political stroke, reminiscent of
the 1930s. Victory through apathy. You don't even _need_ my
vote. You have until the next General Meeting to do as you
like. What a Power Trip! The bad news is that you don't
enter office until July 1.

I trust that the existing Management Committee will be
burning the midnight oil, with nationwide conference calls
to discuss the dilema. I wonder if Hinch is looking for a
story? (**)

[ followup to directions elsewhere ]

>Now, back to the original subject. Vote for me! (If there is an
>opportunity to, anyway.) But seriously, where are the hosts of other
>people who want to be on the committee and shape the direction of
>AUUG? The outgoing committee has an obligation to ensure there is a
>slate of candidates, and let's face it, the election is supposed to
>happen before September. ...

Well, the new committee's supposed to take office from July 1,
so the elections had better be before then. Maybe that's not
physically possible any more, as the Secretary's supposed to
have advised the Returning Officer of all valid nominations
by May 1.

>                   .... You don't have to have the right form to
>nominate, just get three AUUG members to nominate you, and sign it to
>accept the nomination. Who wants to be president? ...

Who'd want to be President?

>Enough ranting from me. Your turn.

(**) :-) for the humor-impaired
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