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RE: 2015-16 UAB NAS Officer & Elected Directors Proposed Slate - Voting Ballot
Maybe we should be attacking the NAS very heavily as well.

Instead of adding members to the NAS maybe it is time everyone stopped being a member.
04-22-2015 10:40 AM
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RE: 2015-16 UAB NAS Officer & Elected Directors Proposed Slate - Voting Ballot
(04-22-2015 10:30 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  The NAS Board of Directors has changed the organization's bylaws.

http://www.uab.edu/alumni/images/Documen...Bylaws.pdf

Notable changes include:

1) Changing the voting method from a voice vote at the annual meeting to the mailed ballots
2) Eliminating the provision that allowed 10 active members to submit nominations to the Board of Directors in addition to those proposed by the NAS Nominating Committee
3) Changing the provision for special called meetings to give the executive committee of the Board of Directors discretion on whether or not to honor the meeting request. Additionally, the executive committee now has the ability to set the agenda for such meetings.

Now ask yourself why these specific changes were made....

Major Red Flags Here! Once again, please, please ultimately vote do not approve. Hold your ballots until later. That is fine, but please vote do not approve. The students need an NAS that reflects their demands. We need the NAS, students, and faculty on the same page, at the same time (noting the timing and the language of the votes of no confidence).
04-22-2015 10:44 AM
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I would agree. Watts & the BOT have too much control over the NAS as evidence by these changes.
04-22-2015 11:03 AM
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RE: 2015-16 UAB NAS Officer & Elected Directors Proposed Slate - Voting Ballot
(04-22-2015 10:44 AM)price4UAB Wrote:  
(04-22-2015 10:30 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  The NAS Board of Directors has changed the organization's bylaws.

http://www.uab.edu/alumni/images/Documen...Bylaws.pdf

Notable changes include:

1) Changing the voting method from a voice vote at the annual meeting to the mailed ballots
2) Eliminating the provision that allowed 10 active members to submit nominations to the Board of Directors in addition to those proposed by the NAS Nominating Committee
3) Changing the provision for special called meetings to give the executive committee of the Board of Directors discretion on whether or not to honor the meeting request. Additionally, the executive committee now has the ability to set the agenda for such meetings.

Now ask yourself why these specific changes were made....

Major Red Flags Here! Once again, please, please ultimately vote do not approve. Hold your ballots until later. That is fine, but please vote do not approve. The students need an NAS that reflects their demands. We need the NAS, students, and faculty on the same page, at the same time (noting the timing and the language of the votes of no confidence).

This is a game changer....I'm more likely to vote no now...and highly doubtful I will renew my membership next year.
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UAB is under attack period.
04-22-2015 11:40 AM
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Yep. The NAS bylaws change ensures that even if we win in Montgomery we STILL won't truly have a say in the BOT because the NAS has made themselves an oligarchy insulated from its general membership.
04-22-2015 12:02 PM
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(04-22-2015 12:02 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  Yep. The NAS bylaws change ensures that even if we win in Montgomery we STILL won't truly have a say in the BOT because the NAS has made themselves an oligarchy insulated from its general membership.

Exactly. Two Bryant Bank employees with a UAB degree.
04-22-2015 12:05 PM
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I was leaning yes on the ballot, but the bylaws change makes this look horrible, even if they might have meant to make things more controlled at the time. Now is the time for more, not less, participation of the membership-at-large.

Before I mail that thing in (when I get it... still waiting...) I wanna hear from the committee how they're gonna fix this.
04-22-2015 12:12 PM
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I've received my ballot but will hold it until after the May meeting to determine what we need to do as a group to respond to this travesty. I'm not going back under my bridge. That is all.
04-22-2015 12:17 PM
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Perhaps these recent changes to the NAS by-laws should be pointed to John Archibald or Kyle Whitmire?
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Show up at the May 5th called meeting and voice your opinion. Either these bylaws are changed or they have gotten the last dollar they will see from me and I will be doing all I can to establish a competing alumni society who actually responds to the concerns of and the voice of those it represents.
04-22-2015 02:31 PM
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One of my principal reasons for joining the NAS was to get a price break on football season tickets. What other benefit from membership can now be cited?
04-22-2015 03:01 PM
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Discounted proctology exam. We should be used to bending over and grabbing our ankles by this point.
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(04-22-2015 03:01 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  One of my principal reasons for joining the NAS was to get a price break on football season tickets. What other benefit from membership can now be cited?

A threadbare t-shirt and a nifty key fob.
04-22-2015 03:24 PM
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Tuscaloosa nuts!
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There is of course discounted basketball season tickets.
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(04-22-2015 03:28 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Tuscaloosa nuts!

Can we have a choice as to from whom they are gathered? And how?
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LOL no discounts there. We have lost conference and tv revenue to cover as well as multiple PR firms and paying off employees to keep their mouths shut!
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RE: 2015-16 UAB NAS Officer & Elected Directors Proposed Slate - Voting Ballot
I called the NAS office today about the member ballot. I have been a member of the NAS for over 25 years. I was told to call back tomorrow and speak with the NAS director in this office which was not available today.
I am also a member of the Alabama Teacher's Retirement system. We vote each year for new members via a similar ballot, but we vote on each member individually. (NOT to approve the entire group)
The teacher's group sends out a list of candidates. The list contains a one page bio of each candidate with education credentials, work experience including all prior jobs or positions held, current work status and employer, and active or retired working status. I have seen several candidates list they are self-employed. It also lists certificates or professional awards this candidate has received.
The NAS bio should also include professional society memberships and all professional board seats currently or previously held.
I would vote I DO NOT APPROVE or hold my ballot until everyone can
get better information about who is on the list.
I am going to request this information before returning my ballot.
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I think holding for now is smart. Ballots are not due in till June 10th.
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