[statecom] Followup to our request for the Secretary to post our minority opinion

[Lawrence Fine]

Thank you Merelice and Nat for responding appropriately ( many more  
times than necessary )
to an extremely aggressive, minority. I'm appalled and dismayed that  
your energies have become so consumed
by this issue.

There's much more creative, productive business to be engaged in...

Good grief . . . pibil



On Mar 6, 2008, at 12:45 AM, Merelice wrote:

> Dear Jamie,
>
> It has been five days, not seven days, since the demand to post your
> opinion within 24 hours was sent. What's more, as you well know, many
> of us were otherwise occupied over the weekend with regional
> conventions.
>
> As you yourself frequently point out to the co-chairs, no one person
> has the right to unilaterally take action in this party. This matter
> has appropriately been referred to the AdCom which, in turn, is
> answerable to the State Committee.
>
> It is damaging to the credibility and integrity of the party to
> distribute a minority opinion without the context of a majority
> opinion. Anyone who has proceeded to distribute the minority opinion
> should have noted that the opinion does not present a full and
> accurate context of the actions that party officials are being accused
> of wrongfully implementing.
>
> Furthermore, most of signers of the minority opinion received their
> information second-hand, without benefit of attending the meetings at
> which the matter was discussed at some length and at which members
> voted to reject the views presented in the minority opinion (21 to 7
> at the state convention, and 17 to 3 in a straw poll at the State
> Committee, and more than two-thirds at several CDLC meetings).
>
> The minority opinion took several weeks to prepare. The majority
> opinion will take much less time. Meanwhile, do not expect a
> dictatorial and undemocratic demand to be honored.  There is nothing
> in the cited bylaw that requires an unbalanced minority opinion be
> sent without the majority context.
>
> Merelice and Nat, co-chairs
>
>
> On 3/5/08, Jamie O'Keefe <jokeefe at jamesokeefe.org> wrote:
>> Hi Larry,
>>
>>  Nearly seven days ago we asked you to post our minority opinion as
>>  required by the By-laws.  In that time, the members of the
>>  Administration Committee have seen it, the signatories on the State
>>  Committee have seen it, and apparently it has been forwarded to an
>>  unknown number of State Committee members.  I calculate that the
>>  minority opinion has been seen by at least half of the state  
>> committee
>>  and likely by at least 2/3.
>>
>>  I hope you would agree that people should not have scattershot  
>> access
>>  based on who they know and that it is against our democratic  
>> values to
>>  have at least half of the State Committee in the know and half in  
>> the
>>  dark about this issue.  In our electronic age, we believe that seven
>>  days is more than enough time to forward our minority opinion.
>>
>>  We again respectfully request that you, as Secretary and our primary
>>  record keeper, forward the minority opinion as we have requested and
>>  as our By-laws require be done.
>>
>>  Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
>>
>>  Sincerely,
>>
>>  James O'Keefe
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