Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] Proposed Bylaws

I read an interesting article a while back. Among other things that 
happened in the 2000 election in FL was the networks called FL for Gore 
about 7:30 PM. Then they took that back and called it for Buch about 
9:00 then the took that back and called it a toss up about 11:00.

A group of researchers at UF did a study on exactly how and when people 
make up their minds on how they will vote. The statistical models the 
networks use are based on what the polls are saying up to the elections 
and exit polls and past voting patterns. What the UF team concluded is 
most people don't make up their minds until the last minute unless they 
have very strong feelings about the matter. In fact many don't really 
make up their mind until they look at the ballot.  They also concluded 
that most people really don't think much about how they are going to 
vote before a day or so before they go vote. The last minute campaign 
ads really do some good because it is the last minute ads a large number 
of  people are listening to.

Yea we're going to have a vote on the bylaws in two months - I'd better 
learn something. Ohmygosh there's no milk in the frig, junior broke his 
arm, old Dobbyn is lame, the car broke down - got to get it fixed. So 
things that are going to happen two months away just don't rise very 
high on the priority list. The next thing you know the ballots arrive.

While it might frustrate the dickens out of some of the BOD members, I 
would say you are dealing with plain old human nature. It is much better 
that people want to understand what the bylaws say and question why they 
say it, what it means and if that is what they want than to just rubber 
stamp it. Democracy in action is not always pretty but it is much better 
than the other options.

Come 16 Nov all this will be over, the membership will have spoken and 
that's what is important. It could be worse the ballots could be shipped 
to FL for counting.

Truman



C. Eyler wrote:

> We should be embarrassed that we never looked at the proposed changes until
> now.  The BOD asked us for feedback, repeatedly.  All those requests were
> probably because they had worked so long on all this that they knew they
> might be missing something obvious (the same way that it's so tough to
> proofread something you've written yourself and be able to catch all the
> stupid stuff, like typing "form" when you meant "from").
>
> We should be embarrassed that we did nothing to prevent the waste of $2500
> of *OUR* money -- wasted if the proposed changes fail and a new proposal
> must be developed and voted on by the membership, and wasted if the proposed
> changes pass but we need another vote to change the citizen/resident
> provision.
>
> Cindy
>
>  




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