<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Kent: I think you are confusing a number of different concepts. Yes, NCC member organizations may choose their own voting representatives. But the Potter Yachters, to keep with the history of the NCC, need to choose a representative other than you. You are a voting member in another constituency and also on staff. If the Potter Yachters cannot choose another voting rep, doesn't that tell us that the views expressed in the constituency are individual rather than organizational? <BR>
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However, the Potter Yachters does in fact meet all qualifications. <BR>
Selection of voting representative to the NCC is the concern of the<BR>
Potter Yachters, not the NCC. Who that representative works for, or<BR>
what their views are, or what other roles they may fill, is completely<BR>
irrelevant. As has been pointed out, the right to vote is not denied to<BR>
people who work for the government; presidential candidates are allowed<BR>
to vote for themselves etc etc. The petty gerrymandering by the adcom<BR>
and others is absolutely disgusting -- no wonder that the NCC has<BR>
essentially zero credibility. <BR>
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