Editor:
As a member of the Pender Harbour community, I am concerned by the decision of the board of directors at the 2021 AGM to amend the society bylaws to create two types of membership: voting and non-voting.
Voting members will include the current board plus 12 voting members, who will be chosen from the applicants by the board.
So essentially, the board elects itself...with support from the voting members...that they select?
My nose is beginning to twitch.
They say that the reasons are to have better control of the business of the society, and to have the ability to make decisions rapidly when needed, which is difficult to do with a large voting membership.
To me that does not make any sense, because even if there was a hundred members, a quorum of 10 per cent would be 10 voting members: the board plus two. However, if the topic was a contentious issue, and the membership was advised of a meeting, easily done in this age of computers, the motion could be defeated.
My opinion is that would make the board nervous.
They probably never heard the saying, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Jack Dennis,
Madeira Park
