I seem to hear Stan saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Just because it still functions somewhat, doesn't mean things cannot be
improved, just so that we don't end up really screwing things up (however,
in my experience - especially when dealing with my PC - one cannot always
see how bad things will become.)
The way I see it, if we are going to call them elections, then they ought to
be elections in the spirit that elections are held here in the US - NOT how
they were held in the Communist Bloc in the recent past where the Party
nominated one candidate and there were no alternatives (if my understanding
is correct).
I think in this one matter we can learn from the Canadian Institute where
they have the members nominate the candidates for all offices (if I remember
correctly). Then the candidates for president even consent to answer
questions posed by members through their e-mail list. That way the voters
can ask and evaluate the candidates on where they stand on the issues
affecting the actuarial profession and the society.
-----Original Message-----
From: C. K. Khury [mailto:anaha@pilot.infi.net]
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 1:27 PM
To: roger.hayne@milliman.com
Cc: John.Purple@po.state.ct.us; casnet@lists.casact.org
Subject: Re: CAS Election Process
Roger.
You want discussion.... and that is what you will get.
I read your notes with intetest. I understand all of your observations and
what you would like to see happen with putting up most of the positions of
responsibility for election.
So, to kick off the discussion, I temporarily will assume your position that
everyone who is elected is really not elected but appointed/annointed, and
would like to ask you, what is it that is broken that you would like to see
fixed? Is the condition we assume, that some people are
appointed/annointed, a prpoblem by itself? Are the appointed/annointed
people
doing a bad job when a better job could be done by elected people? Are some
deserving people getting overlooked by this appointment/annointment process?
Or is it something else. I think it would help this discussion if you would
identify the problems (or the consequences of the problems) you see with the
current set up.....
Regards
Stan.
PS. While we are at it, would you want the executive director position up
for election? And if not, why not?
Visit the CAS Web Site at http://www.casact.org
===============================================
To subscribe or unsubscribe from CASNET:
Send an e-mail to caslists@lists.casact.org
Type in the body join casnet to subscribe
or leave casnet to unsubscribe.
Visit the CAS Web Site at http://www.casact.org
===============================================
To subscribe or unsubscribe from CASNET:
Send an e-mail to caslists@lists.casact.org
Type in the body join casnet to subscribe
or leave casnet to unsubscribe.