Another change of
leadership took place in Canberra
John is a young levelheaded
person. He took the right decision at
the right time, when he could get a deserved heartfelt thank you for his effort.
If John had elected to continue for another year, he would have continued
unopposed.
I wish all ASPA committees
would follow this wise example. Unluckily, this is not the case with a few. In
one case, they had to be dragged into courts in order to have their
incompetence exposed. Even then, they would not voluntarily step down in order
to clear the way for others. They would rather continue to play musical chairs
for many more years or decades. The president may become secretary, then would evolve
as ordinary member, while the secretary may become president and the vice would
wait for a turn as president. Thus, the main four committee members behind the
demise of that particular association may continue to drag it down, assisted by
their friends. Would any one of this gang of four refrain from nomination next
November? NOH…NAH, even NUH for a challenge. Many other members want a role in
the salvation process, while many more are shying away from participating in
what might be misconstrued as an unwarranted power struggle.
2 comments:
Why all the love for JH? As I've said publicly before, he is an annoying attention seeker who does everything for his own ego. He did not voluntarily stand down from power. He was forced to by the ACT constitution. There is a small item in the ACT constitution which states that no person can remain in the same committee position for more than three consecutive years. As JH became president in 2012, he was unable to continue as president past 2015. If you look closely, that's why most of the committee has changed.
From a historical perspective, I've been told by visiting ACT players that this rule was brought this in as when they became separate organisation from ASPA NSW they resented a certain NSW president who had been in the job forever and a day (and remained in power for a long time afterwards). From what ACT players have told me, this president was against ACT becoming their own separate organisation and wanted them to remain part of ASPA NSW.
It's an interesting part of the constitution, one that I don't think any other state has this.
SG from NSW
Hello Sam,
Your piece of history is quite interesting. The power struggle has been hot in NSW over the years, and is becoming more so in Victoria of late. It makes you feel sad when some people misinterpret their role as presidents of not-for-profit associations. It is a voluntary service to members. When such misinformed people think that being presidents makes them “bosses”, that is when they should be cut down to their real size.
Well Sam, we might differ a bit about the situation in ACT. If JH was power hungry, he would have stayed on the committee in a different capacity. My understanding is that they are short of members to fill vacancies on their committee.
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