The response to my newsletter parody was to be suspected but it re-inforces the nature of a number of crew’s suspicions of the despotic leadership in the current faaa.
Firstly you are a coward if you use this forum with a nick name and display your ideas and thoughts regarding the direction of the faaa. However you are not a coward if you are one of the leaders of the faaa and use this forum anonymously and vent your displeasure at being criticized.
Secondly, the arrogant and dictatorial nature of the faaa is evident when in the words of Guardian they tell us that there was never any need to hold an election regarding an important issue facing crew.
The faaa still do not understand the concept that they were elected to represent the crew, gather policies and alternatives and inform us of important issues and create opportunities for us to decide on a course of action. Instead they believe that they have the right to dictate to us policy and direction and throw abuse and ridicule at any one who has the temerity to question that belief. You would think you are looking at the regime in North Korea rather than a body elected to represent members in a democracy.
Guardian asks the question “Why would the faaa rig a vote when it did not have to have the vote in the first part”
Again, it shows the arrogance that the faaa believes that we do not have the right to decide our own future and his only defence is that the faaa has only had 2 votes previously. Does that tell you why crew are not happy with faaa style of leadership?
Secondly, if the vote had been contrary to the result asked for by the faaa it would have eroded their power and that is something that they obviously do not want.
The reason why I and others have never publicly stated that we think there is something fishy with the vote result is that we can not prove anything at all. If the vote had been carried out by the AEC, all the ballots would have been numbered and counted both before distribution and after being received for counting.
As it stands all evidence has been destroyed and it would be impossible to verify any irregularity because we do not know how many ballots were printed or sent out so the faaa does not have to explain any discrepancy….very convenient.
If the vote had been carried out by the AEC then none of this would have been suggested.
As Hawkeye and others have said a large number of crew are questioning the vote result and it maybe that a number of crew do not tell the truth of how they voted but I cannot think why.However if the result was as the faaa told us then you would imagine that there would be an overwhelming number of crew saying that they had voted for the dispensation.Sadly that is not the case and there is no way we can ever check that result now because of the faaa's methods and that very fact breeds doubt instead of faith and trust.