From: empower@smart.net
Subject: Re: Why The NFB
 I agree that any organization must strike some balance between
democracy and efficiency.  To get a sense of how much democracy was
sacrificed for the sake of a more efficient resolutions process, I'm
curious how many resolutions have moved forward by obtaining
the requisite number of signatures of resolutions committee
members and/or state affiliate presidents.  It would be interesting to
compare such numbers in an equivalent time period to how many 
reached the floor when an individual had a right to bring a 
resolution to the membership that was prepared at the beginning of 
convention--sometimes after a discussion with fellow Federationists 
there that led to the idea.  Of course, other factors may also be 
involved, so feel free to broaden the analysis.
Regards,
Jamal
Net-Tamer V 1.09.2  - Registered
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