Vince

The reality is that only a small percentage of the membership votes. Take a look at the hit numbers on threads in this forum. If you take out the number of repeats from the folks that post, it is hard to make a case for more than about 200 people even looking at this forum. That's out of 26,000 or so RCU members.

In the last D5 election, only about 25% of the eligible members voted. That was probably the most contested District election in a long time.

I belong to a club that is, admittedly, laid back, and non-political, where the AMA is concerned. I can assure you that if a mailer was sent to the club, it would never get past the person picking up the mail. Into the round file with it.

From what I can see, the only way to raise awareness is to visit clubs and their events, as well as trying to pick up a stray vote on the net now and again. Apparently, Jim McNeill feels that doing so is "dirty politics".

The only hope a non-incumbent has is to have the word spread and passed on by word of mouth.

In "our world" of the AMA, the incumbent has an almost insurmountable advantage.

Are you sure we should not put Mr. McNeill's picture in color in his column?

Now, two questions from the previous posts. First: What is my stated position? Do you mean my assertion that McNeill should be replaced? and secondly: Where is he? Have you contacted him and urged him to participate in this forum?

JR