No Danny,
What I said was that I heard from the election before last about 300 ballots had come from Wisconsin, and the members there were very active. I never mentioned any figure of 500. I don&#039;t know for sure that number is accurate, but that was what I was told. That would tell me that the folks in Wisconsin take this very seriously, as it would equate to 3 out of every 4 members voting. Maryland and Pennsylvania combined has the same potential, then add in New York and you have greater potential. It just depends on how serious you want to get. You think you have it bad, try living in WV, your chapter probably has more members than my whole state.
Which makes me a prime example of the fallacy of your theory on representation. If in fact your theory was true, I would have absolutely no chance to be nominated for even dog catcher, and if so would only carry the local votes. I have twice been nominated for office, once for Secretary, once for President, both times were against incumbents, both times I carried approximately one third of the votes cast, which can be considered normal. If in fact your theory rang true, this would be impossible. I don&#039;t feel geography is a major factor in election results, it might have some minor effect, but would not decide an election. In my experience in HPOCA there are two major factors, the first being popularity, the second being issues. If a candidate is well known, and the members agree with the issues, this would decide the election in most cases. How do you guarantee equality? Real simple, run! Then address the issues. I understand that you don&#039;t go to many of our events, you would need to try to go more, so members know you. I wouldn&#039;t vote for someone that doesn&#039;t go to the shows, they most likely wouldn&#039;t go to the meetings to represent me either. And it wouldn&#039;t hurt to write an article or two.
As far as my post that scares you, hate to scare you, but that is the way democracy works. You can be part of the solution, or part of the problem, in life we all have choices. Make the best one and live with it! If your choice doesn&#039;t please you, at least you had the opportunity to do differently, many people in this world don&#039;t. As far as directors go, of the 4 current directors One is from PA, one is from VT, that is half, of the other half one is from OH and the other is from IL. I think half from the east coast is enough, are you wanting more? I can see your point as far as officers go, two from IL, two from IN, and one from IA. Which leads me to advise that if you want better representation for elected positions, get more candidates, and have the members to support them. I strongly believe the key to resolving our problems to be found in direct nominations, and allowing the will of the members to be shown at the ballot box.
It was great talking to you, I look forward to seeing you soon!
Later, Andy