In a nutshell -- no.HiBC said:Can the members petition to fire WLP?
Those revisions -- ALL of them -- were voted in. Here we are, just four years later, and we see that Jeff Knox was right in warning us to oppose them.So, the Board want to change the bylaws to give the board more power over it's membership.
- Item 8 of the bylaw changes moves to amend the section regarding nomination of directors by petition. They want to change the requirement that you get 250 signatures, to a requirement that you get a number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the votes cast in the previous election of directors. The practical effect? If more than 50,000 people voted in the previous election, you now need more signatures than the previously required 250 to get on the ballot. The NRA has over 5,000,000 members; 50,000 is 1% of that. So if more than 1% of the membership of the NRA votes, it just got harder to nominate people by petition.
If this is passed, the Board can assureed the nominating committee, made up of Board members, will have complete control of who can run for the Board from now on. The limp-wristed celebrities, hangers-on, and 2A do-nothings that fill so so soooo many seats on the Board will be safe from the NRA membership attempting to replace them with new directors who will advocate for a full understanding of the RKBA.
Remember, this is the same BoD that defended Joaquin Jackson until his death. What could go wrong if we just let them become a closed club who hand-selects their own successors?
- Item 12, the Board is attempting to completely remove the ability of the membership to change the bylaws by vote at a meeting, and in item 13 to make the process for petitioning for a by-law change to require an impossibly high 5% of the number of voters from the most recent election of directors. Let's say you can get that many voting members to sign a petition to amend the by-laws. Item 14 gives the board the power to unilaterally undo it.
The NRA Board is attempting a coup to seize all power of the organization away from the membership, and leave no foothold from which the membership could ever get it back. We're trying to drain the NRA Board swamp, and they're trying to make it 10 feet deeper.
The Gun Collective clearly supports the NRA but goes about it in a sneaky kind of way.
Ive followed that channel for some time and I respectfully disagree. He’s actually been shouted down by NRA representatives at shot show when he criticized them. I think he’s very frustrated with the NRA but realizes there’s no organization poised to replace them. Sure there are lobby groups that could take on the political side of things. But the matches? The gun safety instruction? And all the other services they provide? No one even comes close. And there’s no organization with even close to 5 million members. That’s why this whole situation is so frustrating.
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not only is WLP out only to ride the gravy train all the way to the final stop ..............
More likely the statements of the federal judge who dismissed the bankruptcy case (remember, the judge wrote that he found LaPierre's actions "shocking" -- or something like that) convinced Wayne & Company that the lawsuit didn't have a chance. It would not play well before a jury for the State of New York to offer into evidence the statements of the federal judge about LaPierre and his cronies.thallub said:Did the failed bankuruptcy lawsuit break the bank?
Some of the conduct that gives the Court concern is still ongoing. The NRA appears to have very recently violated its approval procedures for contracts in excess of $100,000. Mr. LaPierre is still making additional financial disclosures. There are also lingering issues of secrecy and a lack of transparency. For example, even after hearing testimony from several witnesses, it is still very unclear why Mr. Spray, an officer everyone seemed to hold in high regard for his talent and integrity, parted ways with the NRA two weeks into this bankruptcy case. What is clear is that Mr. Spray’s departure was precipitated by a call from Mr. LaPierre without involvement of
the board of directors.
What concerns the Court most though is the surreptitious manner in which Mr. LaPierre obtained and exercised authority to file bankruptcy for the NRA. Excluding so many people from the process of deciding to file for bankruptcy, including the vast majority of the board of directors, the chief financial officer, and the general counsel, is nothing less than shocking.