Re: (erielack) ELHS ??

["R.M.\"Rich\" Tubbs" <rtubbs_@_acc-net.com>]

Gentlemen, both ELHS members and non-members:
      While I am a member of the ELHS (#1226) and also I whole heartedly 
support the proposal of a membership elected board, I had to this point 
refrained from commenting on this forum which (I think) is comprised mostly 
of non-members and to those non-ELHS-members, I apologize for participating 
in this, for lack of a better word, "debate??", on your time and space. To 
answer Jon Umbdenstock's request, yes Jon, there is already such a forum in 
place. The URL is
http://wny.org/EL-Elections/forum/YaBB.cgi
Now, I'll break my own self imposed silence and comment further here. The 
reason that I feel it proper to phase in an elected board is that we live in 
a Democracy. This is the very concept that we have troops in several foreign 
countries for today, fighting for the concept of *Of the People, For the 
People and By the People*. I believe it was Henry Priebe who stated that it 
wasn't that he wanted to elect anybody *off* the board but that he wanted to 
feel that he had been a part of the process of electing the leadership of 
our society. I feel exactly the same way. In a Democracy, there are 
certainly means to accomplish change. One method would be by petition to the 
Board calling for a popular vote referendum on the question. I would 
certainly sign such a petition if presented and, yes, I'll vote for the 
change also if given that opportunity. Many valid points have been brought 
up from both sides but gentlemen (and ladies, too), please......Let's take 
this discussion to the proper forum and go back to discussions of the 
prototypical and modeling aspects of our favorite railroads. I'll borrow 
this from Jon......"We now return you to our regular programming."


                                      Rich Tubbs
                                     Marion, OH
                                    ELHS #1226
                          Former EL Tower Operator
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~tubbs/ErieLackawanna/ 



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