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A member of our committee has called an EGM of our allotment association. This is not backed by the other two committee members, so can only be legitimate if a certain number of ordinary members has signed a petition. If at the EGM it turns out that the committee member in question does not have the minimum number of ordinary members backing them, is there anything that the other two committee members can do? What should happen to the rogue member? How about the meeting?
This may be a silly question, but why are there only 3 people on the committee?
betty, what you doing on here at that early-o-clock??
Committees can be deadly; all too often they're God's gift to cliques and individuals who just want a bit of power.
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on February 21, 2010, 17:31:07Committees can be deadly; all too often they're God's gift to cliques and individuals who just want a bit of power.People get the democracy they deserve. The committee is the best structure to support democratic management, but whether the members have the committment to democracy is another question - and when they haven't it's the responsibility of the membership to put them right.
It's an appalling uphill struggle to sort out that sort of situation, as I know from experience. A clique in power will often stop at nothing to get rid of anyone who threatens their petty little empire, and it can get so nasty most people will either knuckle under or leave.