[12974] in APO-L
Re: Modified Term Limits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan T. Alloy)
Sat Oct 14 20:43:11 1995
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 20:41:00 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>
Again, I'll state my position that term limits are a bad idea.
The suggestion is made that we need greater "grooming" of leaders, to
take over when the current bunch leaves. Another suggestion is made that
new leaders are continually needed to keep us up-to-date. The proposal to
achieve these is limiting the number of terms someone can serve successivly.
This is hitting a baseball with a tennis racket: the bat is too big for the
ball. Or, swatting a fly with a cannon.
Instead of looking at the easiest solution (slap a term limit on the
consiencious, hardworking people already dedicating their time and money
to us), you should be looking at the underlying problems and addressing them.
Why isn't anyone else being groomed? What about sectional chairs and the like?
Regional staff? If the actives are happy with the currentness of the incumbent,
why get someone else? I know it sounds anti-capitalistic, but NEW is NOT ALWAYS
better, and Change *for the sake of change* has NO inherent goodness.
Look at the problem and solve it; don't limit the choices of the actives or
penalize those who are already doing their share. If a region/section is not
getting turnover because it is such a big job that it is too hard to handle,
saying you *must* put in someone new does not solve your problem, it only
exacerbates it, because now you have someone unfamiliar with the position
who may not be able to do the job well.
Solution? Well, introduce a motion to split up the region/section into
different parts. (That is just an example).
Please try and solve the problems we face, without hurting everyone else.
In L,F,S,
Jonathan
Alpha GAmma Chi
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