tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post8206956686344990740..comments2008-09-16T11:53:24.413+01:00Harry Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099597763862011749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-56685207435694759862008-09-16T11:52:00.000+01:002008-09-16T11:52:00.000+01:00Jackson didn't 'abstain', as I understand it he has no vote as part of the deal that saw him co-opted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-85278128287835625312008-09-15T11:10:00.000+01:002008-09-15T11:10:00.000+01:00I’ve just read this document and it is very ambiguous as to whether it wants to keep Area Chairman and even states; <BR/><BR/>“Some areas will need a full number of Area Chairman, others may not. Some areas may choose for a completely different structure, such as a regional board. We have not discussed fully how this will work, but in principle the regional NME member and branches will decide the AC support structure needed.”<BR/><BR/>On the face of it the only elected position will be the National Chairman (one member, one vote). I bet that after another consultation the NME and steering committee will decide that it is too costly and unreliable to hold elections for Regional Co-Ordinators and Area Chairman and simply appoint them. For an NME member to tell me that Michael Lunn will vet and research each Regional Co-Ordinator candidate before they get to stand for election or get appointed by him is simply ludicrous.<BR/><BR/>Any member of Conservative Future should be able to stand for election, that is how democracy works.<BR/><BR/>It’s a sad day for Conservative Future and it is unbelievable how the majority of the NME voted for these reforms. I presume that Richard Jackson will be the one to carry these reforms through next year as he abstained in the vote but created the reform package with Michael Rock.<BR/><BR/>I have been informed by various people that the document that has been put up on the CF blog is not the one that the NME voted on so can I suggest that they put the ‘real’ one up please and not the watered down version to the membership.<BR/><BR/>Michael Rock is making an online voting system for next years election- whilst I agree that it saves money and is less time consuming it is laughable that the Chairman who wants to see his reforms implemented next year is making the online system- who will be the returning officer, Michael Rock as well?!clare hilleynoreply@blogger.com