[ASU] You need support

[Damilola Daramola]

All,

 

Rather than laying blame on each other and dragging out this issue and
having meetings and calling people names and saying this is a non-issue etc.
I think we should simply look at the merits of discussing the points that
Prosper has brought up, I mean all the man said he wanted were some answers.
We are mostly graduate students and a good percentage of members are in some
sort of Social Science discipline. These are the types of discussions that
you have daily in your classes and that anyone who is a certain age should
have. I know some people are getting aggravated at being inundated by
multiple emails, but that's one of the things that happens when you are on a
listserv that works properly.

Having said that, Prosper you had issues with 3 things: More ballots than
voters, an un-secret voting process and absentee ballots. A lot of these
were stipulations which you made to the electoral committee. When you were
rebuffed, why didn't you bring your concerns to the General Body BEFORE the
election or BEFORE the votes were cast? You have multiple experiences being
in governing positions and you should know that in politics, your
views/opinions may carry weight, but without support they have no effect. If
you had at least rallied your base/support to bring forth your ideas (about
the electoral process), then your voice might have been better heard.
However, you waited for too long to voice these concerns and now that the
majority has spoken (overwhelmingly), you choose to voice them. You have
provided some solid ideas, no one can argue with that. They are well-thought
out and seem to come from a lifetime of experience. However, I think one of
the things that you have failed to realize is that you need PEOPLE to
advance your ideas. Therefore if you chose not to employ the people that you
would like to lead, how can you expect support at this juncture?

I was writing this email when I received the email that Andy sent. He
mentioned the constitution and he made a very good point (several actually).
More importantly, do you know what the constitution says about elections and
how they will be carried out? The constitution is here
<http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/~asu/constitution.htm>  for anyone who wants
to read it. The constitution does not mention the possibility of an
annulment or the grounds for which one would occur. Therefore, for that to
occur, an amendment would need to be made. For an amendment to be made, that
requires the approval of the general body, who you have appeared to
ostracize. 

 

Damilola

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