[menscouncil] The Article II Work Group is out of line...

[Bob Hospadaruk]

Dear Workgroup,

First, thank you for the work you have put into educating the
congregation on the upcoming possible regions to our UUA's Article II
bylaws.  As you've reported in "the letter", you have held over a dozen
congregational discussions, and a forum to grill past GA delegates as to
their voting practices.   Thanks to you, the congregation is well informed;
as well informed as I think they will ever be on denominational bylaws.
You then made an excellent report to the congregation in January, further
educating our congregants on the topic of Article II revisions.  A straw
poll was taken to gauge our interest and level of support for
the revisions.  As I recall, an overwhelming majority was in favor of the
revisions, or didn't really care one what or the other.
Yet... we now have "the letter".  It seems to me that a vocal minority
didn't like the results of that poll; like it was rigged, or
insufficient in some way.   Or, "maybe that the congregation was just not
educated enough on the topic, surely if they were they would have polled
differently... " Now it's - "we need another meeting!  We need a "real"
vote!"

But hey, that's not what really chafes me. Tell me, *what does the Article
II work Group have to do with the idea of restricting the behaviour of our
GA delegates?*  Has only this issue ever risen to your personal importance
level that you feel it warrants a discussion and vote about how our GA
delegates must vote?  And please don't say that it's "just so a delegate
can know the mood of the congregation".  It seems clear by "the letter"
that you would want to force out GA delegates who were not towing the party
line by this footnote:

 3 If this option receives the majority vote, it is possible not all
delegates would be willing to represent the will of the congregation. In
such a case, the BoT could invite delegates who are not comfortable with
that decision to* yield their delegate post to other (alternative)
delegates who are*."


Please, consider staying with your mandate to educate the congregation
about Article II and not enter into the realm of gadfly politics.


Furthermore, this letter and its signatories were generated by a spam
campaign by one or more of your members, co-opting very large
made-for-purpose email lists (UUAAMen and the Choir for example) rather
than using normal communication routes, like the newsletter. *I don't
appreciate the UUAAMen's list, where I expect to read about men's
programming, to be used for church political gamesmanship.*

Yet, with all that spamming, there were only 39 signers. Mostly the same
group as usual. You could have just sent your request out to the Humanist
list and got the same folks.


BTW, my name appears on the list of supporters, though it was clumsily
redacted (see below). *Please really remove it.* I don't want to be
associated with this in any way. Especially #3 " ...whether the GA
delegates from UUAA will be instructed on how to vote..."


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I am so sorry for the tone of my letter, I love you all, but I'm really
upset by this issue.


Peace,


Bob Hospadaruk PM
Ph: 734-994-3774
Secretary, Zal Gaz Grotto No 34 MOVPER Inc
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