On 15 Aug 97 12:18, Kevin Larose wrote:
 KL> Harvey does raise a good point here.
 KL> You allude to the "democratic nature"
 KL> of the Federation, but I totally fail
 KL> to see that. There is absolutely no
 KL> way a powerful state President,
 KL> especially one in a state where one of the
 KL> NFB training centers is located, could
 KL> be even challenged, much less
 KL> defeated, in an election. She has the
 KL> job for as long as she wants it, no
 KL> matter what happens.
Hi, Kevin.
First, I note you have an "eskimo" address.  Are you in the 
Seattle area?  If so, have you attended a NFB of Greater Seattle 
chapter meeting?
Second, an affiliate president holds office only so long as s/he 
wants the office and the electorate will have him/her.  I know; I 
*am* an affiliate president.  I'm gone tomorrow if the electorate 
doesn't want me.  My only real weapon is the power to persuade.  
(President Truman noted this of the Presidency of the United 
States also.)  Use of other strategems to maintain so-called 
control generally backfires. In turn, my power to persuade rests 
upon my ability to form my arguments logically and persuasively 
and upon the respect that the electorate holds (or does not hold) 
for me.  If I'm not persuasive or if I've lost the respect of the 
affiliate membership, I'm history!
Mike Freeman
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