Democracy: "Not Quite Dead Yet" at BSBI

The Shameless, Naked Power-grab of the de facto leadership of BSBI crashed and burned last Sunday night.

The people who crafted a boat-load of amendments to consolidate their already boundless power, ended up walking out of their own meeting.

Respect for the process, and for the people who are rightfully to be "served" by the process, reached new lows.

President Berlin, who presided over this mess, needs to ask himself if he has been getting good advice, and just who has dropped him into this quagmire? And while he previously blamed his immediate predecessor, he cannot make such a claim this time around.

Stay tuned . . .

PS - I do believe, at the meeting, I heard the president say that "all new appointments" to the board that he had made were done with the board's approval. No doubt his definition includes the past presidents, because he appointed the current secretary to replace Gill Halevy without any prior discussion with the board. As was pointed out, past presidents are not members of the board, as they do not count towards a quorum. They have a life-time vote to keep the board stacked and under the raps of the de facto dictatorship. (Terms in bold are fresh in my mind, because they were used by speakers from the floor at the "meeting".) Perhaps in the heat of the moment, the president's memory was clouded, but I am sure the secretary, who has also served with distinction on the Board of Emmanuel, can refresh it for him.