[12949] in APO-L
5-10 year term limit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan T. Alloy)
Fri Oct 13 15:19:05 1995
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 13:50:25 EDT
Reply-To: "Jonathan T. Alloy" <c2mxall@FRE.FSU.UMD.EDU>
From: "Jonathan T. Alloy" <c2mxall@FRE.FSU.UMD.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Frankly, I tink term limits at all are a terrible idea. But, what makes 5 or
10 years such a special number (well, 6, as we have 2 year terms)? Also,
please point out to me ANY person in APO who has served longer than that to
our detriment (or just served longer than that).
Many people switch offices, such as going from regional director to member at
large. But even that misses the crucial point:
All of the people whom you propose to restrict are ELECTED by the members of
this fraternity who do so: the undergraduates. They are ALWAYS free to elect
someone else. There are no qualifications on age or income to be an RD, or
a Sectional Chair, or even Nat'l President. ANYONE can run pretty much. If the
undergrads choose to elect someone forever, that is their right. If someone
doesn't like it, even an undergrad, they can run.
Hmmm...an undergraduate regional director...I like it :-) I've found that most
of the people who want term limits are dissatisfied with those in office...
except for the ones they themselves elect. An example is Jesse Helms (or
Strom Thurmond) in the US Senate. The people whining are not his constituents,
who consistently vote for him again.
Term limits are a bad idea, and should always be voted down. Democracy has no
place for an elite deciding who is good enough for the people.
In L,F,S,
Jonathan
Alpha Gamma Chi
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