12th November 2009, 03:56 PM
Chiz Wrote:by the way, the democratically elected council that is spoken of, guess how many votes there were for this years candidates?
109!
I would strongly urge all members of the IFA to write to council as a collective and individually to make their voice heard and call for an EGM.
It is hardly the fault of IFA's Council that 109 people voted at the last AGM. All their members were sent Council papers and voting forms (which were to be returned by post before the AGM, so not being able to go is not an excuse for not voting). These were also put on their website and reminders for people to send them in were posted too and people were also reminded through the various social networking media. Even here in Borsetshire we got our voting forms and paperwork!
If people don't vote when it is made this easy for them, what else can you expect the IfA to do?
BAJR Host Wrote:what is being said here is perhaps proof of what this forum is designed for. remember that without it there would have been nowhere to announce or debate this.
I don't agree with this. This is IfA business, and if you have an issue with it there are lots of ways to communicate with the IfA. You can write to Kathryn (who sometimes posts on here) or any of the Council members (also including some who post on BAJR), or indeed to the Chief Executive. It is perhaps understandable that the IfA has more time for the views of their members than for those who are not, especially those who chose not to engage in dialogue but instead to criticise them on an internet forum!
They've already said on their Facebook forum that they are gathering responses from members to be sent to Council - who here has actually contacted them, rather than just whinging on here?
BAJR Host Wrote:this can only be dealt with if people stop shrugging of responsibility for their future.
This is very true, and part of that is engaging in the democratic machinery of the IfA, and commenting through the correct channels. If you don't do either, then you can't expect your voice to be listened to, regardless of where you put it!