Can anyone report on what happened at the meeting yesterday?
Based on emails I've been receiving it promised to be contentious. Members were urged to boycott voting and to back a movement to repeal the new by-laws and set a date for a special meeting.
FTBOA Annual Membership Meeting
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Patuxet
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FTBOA Annual Membership Meeting
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Patuxet wrote:Can anyone report on what happened at the meeting yesterday?
Based on emails I've been receiving it promised to be contentious. Members were urged to boycott voting and to back a movement to repeal the new by-laws and set a date for a special meeting.
Hi Patuxet,
They announced the new FTBOA executive board members and the need for unity within the association's members. I was glad to see Fred Brei (Jacks or Better Farm) get elected and also to see Joe Barbazon re-elected. It seems some are upset concerning the fairness and ease of entering nominee's for the board elections. These two articles may shed some light on the subject. TJ
http://www.ftboa.com/fl-equine-pub/w2w/ ... -announced
http://www.ocala.com/article/20121019/A ... ?p=2&tc=pg
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Thanks, TJ.
Frankly I haven't paid much attention to the politics of it but I was very surprised to learn that the by-laws could be changed by the Board without the consent of the membership at large.
In my experience by-laws are changed by notifying the membership of the proposed change in advance of a public meeting at which the membership at large will vote on the change.
This change in voting procedures seemed to give the appearance of restricting nominees in order to self-perpetuate and reinforce the will and wishes of the Board already in power.
Frankly I haven't paid much attention to the politics of it but I was very surprised to learn that the by-laws could be changed by the Board without the consent of the membership at large.
In my experience by-laws are changed by notifying the membership of the proposed change in advance of a public meeting at which the membership at large will vote on the change.
This change in voting procedures seemed to give the appearance of restricting nominees in order to self-perpetuate and reinforce the will and wishes of the Board already in power.
"He is pure air and fire and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him; he is indeed a horse ..." Wm. Shakespeare - Henry V
Patuxet wrote:Thanks, TJ.
Frankly I haven't paid much attention to the politics of it but I was very surprised to learn that the by-laws could be changed by the Board without the consent of the membership at large.
In my experience by-laws are changed by notifying the membership of the proposed change in advance of a public meeting at which the membership at large will vote on the change.
This change in voting procedures seemed to give the appearance of restricting nominees in order to self-perpetuate and reinforce the will and wishes of the Board already in power.
Hi Patuxet,
I agree with you and that is what the main dispute is about. TJ
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Welcome to the world of state breeders organizations.
In California, the CTBA board has been writing its own bylaws and rules for years without the explicit consent of its unknowing members. New rubber stamp members are quietly appointed without a membership vote and rules are promulgated which favor the big-shot breeders on the board.
Not to mention that the CTBA budget, agendas and minutes are top secret.
And Californians wonder why its breeding industry has fallen to pieces.
In California, the CTBA board has been writing its own bylaws and rules for years without the explicit consent of its unknowing members. New rubber stamp members are quietly appointed without a membership vote and rules are promulgated which favor the big-shot breeders on the board.
Not to mention that the CTBA budget, agendas and minutes are top secret.
And Californians wonder why its breeding industry has fallen to pieces.