As we can see in the last post which had the ideas of two commenters there are differences of opinion concerning the Form, Fit and Function of the Executive Committee and the Central Committee.
This was also illustrated in a comment made about the start of the last meeting.
Watching the tactics and stratigists attempt to alter
the meeting at the LCRCC, going to be a long night
I fear.
The problem here is an inability to comprehend the concept of "proposed".
This person seems to think that items like agendas or rules for Elections are what is supposed to happen and that any attempt to change them is an attempt to alter the meeting,
The Truth is NOTHING can happen in any form until the Body approves it,
And if you try to sneak in differences from what has been done in the past the Body may say NO.
They get testy when that happens.
Another problem arises when someone uses a definition of the term Executive taken from the Business world and NOT found in our supporting documents.
IE the County Constitution, ByLaws and Rules of Order
I have provided here links to Our Documents and Roberts Rules of Order on Officers Duties particularly Chairs and Presidents.
One thing that sticks out in Roberts Rules is the insistence that the Chair be NEUTRAL and Impartial it says
" The chairman sometimes calls a member to the chair and takes part in the debate. This should rarely be done, and nothing can justify it in a case where much feeling is shown and there is a liability to difficulty in preserving order. If the chairman has even the appearance of being a partisan, he loses much of his ability to control those who are on the opposite side of the question. There is nothing to justify the unfortunate habit some chairmen have of constantly speaking on questions before the assembly, even interrupting the member who has the floor. "
I thought about bringing up the portions of the ByLaws where it says that the Executives shall
" assist in the formulation of policies for the conduct of the affairs of the Republican Party and such other matters as may be assigned."
I even considered bringing up the Section of the Constitution where it says in Article VIII Executive Committee
"The Executive Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee."
And ask What Part of "Subject to the Orders" or None of its Acts Shall Conflict"
Do they fail to comprehend,
When I realized I really did not need to compile a reasoned and elegant logical argument
Because
I have TALKED to the person who WROTE those words and they mean Exactly what they SAY.
And they were written specifically to prevent abuses of power.
Of course it is true that the above may not be an obstacle to some people.
I recall years ago a friend telling me about a lecture in a Literature Clase the Proffesor was explaining what an author meant when one of the students raised there hand and said.
"Excuse me proffesor, but I interviewed that author for our student publication and that is not what he said it meant."
The proffesor explained that in their class they went into the DEEPER meanings of what literature meant.
But No I sit here with in the Words of W.C, Fields, the Calm Confidence of a Christian Holding 4 Aces secure in the knowledge that no line of logical reasoning no matter how elegant can prove that the people who wrote our Constitution and ByLaws did not know what the words they wrote meant.
And I See and Raise Our New Co-Chair
Updated: Thursday, 19 February 2015 3:13 PM CST
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