FYI. The rules according to Dave Brown - AMA President.

OK, there is the membership manual - seemingly a worthless document to lean
on. Who knows what "exceptions" lie in the dusty archives of EC minutes of a
decade or more ago. Then there are a number of official AMA publications,
such as the application for Leader Member, time as an AMA member prior to
applying to be a leader member is a requirement. I guess there is no tie-in
between the membership manual, what is implied and any other "requirements"
spelled out in other AMA documents, meeting minutes, application forms etc..
Now we know why Muncie maintains a legal staff.

Red S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Brown" <[email protected]>
To: "Red Scholefield" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: interim VP 5


> Where in the membership manual did you find the "requirement" itself???
>
> The policy of allowing a VP to waive the requirement, is in the same place
> as the requirement, itself, is established (EC minutes).
>
> As to the EC reviewing each appointment to LM status, that, simply could
not
> happen, and a staff member is unlikely to challenge an elected officer.
The
> members elect their VP, and I do not expect the members would be very
happy
> if that VP was told, exactly how he should conduct the business of his
> district.
>
> You say the EC should have "reviewed", and approved, this (perhaps any)
> decision that Jim makes, yet, I'm sure you would have a real problem with
> the EC "over-riding" something Tony (Stillman - candidate for Dist V VP)
did, using his judgement,
> .......wouldn't you???
>
> In the end, the members elect the VP's, those VP's establish rules which
> they are governed by, and it becomes up to each VP to make good decisions,
> within the framework of those rules. If a VP makes bad decisions, The EC
> will make more rules, or the members will elect someone else as their VP.
> In Jim's case, he kept getting re-elected, so the majority of members
> (perhaps it's a plurality, but, in any case, more voted for him, than for
> any other candidate) must be content with his performance. If the EC was
to
> "micromanage" everything the VP's did, it would yield chaos.
>
> Dave Brown
>
>