[Bylaws-l] Fwd: RC Representation

[Reed Bates, R3 RC]

Reed Bates, Fleet Captain
Regional Coordinator for Region Three
rc at region3.org
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Jack Eaton wrote:
> There was just an episode of "The West Wing" called "Post Hoc Ergo 
> Proctor Hoc"; basically, which came first...the chicken or the egg. In 
> all honesty, most local members don't give a tribble's butt about 
> regional or fleet politics. Is that because of the way the system was 
> designed in the first place, or is that really the way things are 
> politically. We coud debate that until Chris Pine is as old and fat as 
> Bill Shatner. So, we're looking at a system which, IMHO, doesn't need 
> fixing or changing. 
> 
I miss West Wing.

I believe there is a difference in "fleet politics" and how a person's
membership counts. Voting for an RC is not Politics.  It's choosing who
represents you in your membership in the club.  "If you don't care, then
why are you in Fleet?" should be the question to ask.  I believe when
someone talks about Fleet Politics, they are just talking about all the
fighting and name calling that happens on the fleet list.  I just tell
people if they don't like that, then don't sign up for the fleet list.

> I urge to keep the system the way it is; chapters having the vote. All 
> we are doing here is codifying it in the new bylaws not overhauling 
> every procedure.
> 
I think we should be taking this time to re-evaluate the whole system,
and I thought that's what we were doing and discussing.