[19306] in APO-L
Re: How Affect Change in a National Organization
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ping Huang)
Wed Oct 7 12:54:22 1998
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:34:45 -0700
Reply-To: Ping Huang <pshuang@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
From: Ping Huang <pshuang@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Oct 98 16:47:52 EDT."
<199810062047.QAA29327@manx.misty.com>
Riz Shavelle <Shavelle@MISTY.COM> wrote:
> In order to make such a change binding, in whichever way, it needs to be
> put into the National Constitution and Bylaws.
(Hi, Riz!) I agree with you in a limited sense. A resolution does
have the same binding effect as an amendment to the national
organization's constitution and bylaws. (Although even the latter
isn't completely binding on an organization's future members, since
the constitution and bylaws can always be amended yet again.)
However, as an analogy, I would be disappointed if after reaching an
agreement with you on a person-to-person basis, I were to *have* to
get the two of us to sign a written contract and maybe even have it
notarized rather than being able to shake hands to seal the agreement
which we mutually arrived at and agreed to. And I would be very
disappointed if on your part, you were to decide later that since you
never actually signed a contract, you really shouldn't have to be held
to the agreement's terms because you changed your mind later about it.
That's why I said our honor and integrity are involved in this matter.
--
Ping Huang <pshuang@alum.mit.edu>; info: http://web.mit.edu/pshuang/.plan
Disclaimer: unless explicitly otherwise stated, my
statements represent my personal viewpoints only.
