Michael Grant (1:134/11) wrote to Phil Simpson at 21:33 on 16 Mar 2003:

 MG> It seemed to me that Ward was very willing to consider policy
 MG> change, provided the majority of RC's stood up and said that they
 MG> supported it. That support, outside of Z1, has not been
 MG> forthcoming, so Ward is obligated to respect the will of the
 MG> majority, despite the wishes of the RC's of this zone.

Do we even know that the RCs outside of Zone 1 even knew about the proposal. 

 MG> The will of the majority must be respected. If the majority don't
 MG> want a change in policy, we can't force it upon them. OTOH, the
 MG> majority in /this/ zone /do/ seem to want a change in policy, so as
 MG> I have said right from the start, our energies in this zone would
 MG> be put to far better use in creating a zonal policy. 

A zonal policy still has to be consistent with P4.07's "top down"
mentality.  It may not help much.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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