Originally Posted by
Propworn
Is not the AMA a corporation? As such members of the BOD are allowed to express, lobby for and support conflicting views from the other members of the board. However once a vote has been taken and a majority determined it is the duty of the members of the board to put aside their differences of opinion and support the direction the board has decided to take. If the member cannot support in good faith this majority decision and refrain from disruption of the board through action or vocally he should resign his position voluntarily. Other wise the board can call for his resignation by a predetermined majority.
Dennis
It wasn’t a vote for a policy, but rather an elected position. One VP was running for Executive Vice President and running on the platform that the AMA was going in the wrong direction (paraphrased). BEFORE all the votes were cast, the sitting President and sitting Executive Vice President used their monthly columns in the AMA’s official publication to attack the candidates platform. Thus many of us feel they improperly put their fingers on the scale of the election. For example, they can opine all they like, but what many of us felt was unfair was using the ORGANIZATION’s official publication to do it.