SIGN THE PETITION! When it is BAD for the Membership it is BAD for AEOE.
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The AEOE Board has changed the AEOE Bylaws without member input! And the changes are not good for the Membership.
Excerpt: The (AEOE) Corporation shall have no members. Any action which would otherwise require approval by a majority of all members shall only require approval of the Board of Directors (“Board”). All rights which would otherwise vest in the members shall vest in the Board. February 2012
Sign the Petition to Reject the new Bylaws. View the short video.
When it is BAD for the AEOE Membership it is BAD for AEOE!
Sincerely, Advocates for the Membership of AEOE
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A fundamental right of membership is to know what their leaders are up to, particularly when it entails suggestions to dramatically change the organization
Inclusion is a good thing… Disenfranchising the membership is not!
Sign the petition to REJECT THE BOARD’S AMENDMENTS TO THE AEOE BYLAWS!
You are NO LONGER A MEMBER OF AEOE! Yes, you read that correctly.
Click on the AEOE ASSociate Donkey to view the Video
A rogue faction of the AEOE Board has decided that you are no longer a Member of AEOE. Your AEOE Membership or Life Membership has been arbitrarily downgraded to ‘associate’. Associate = non-member.
Here is the actual wording from the new AEOE Bylaws:
Article 12. Membership. The (AEOE) Corporation shall have no members. Any action which would otherwise require approval by a majority of all members shall only require approval of the Board of Directors (“Board”). All rights which would otherwise vest in the members shall vest in the Board. February 2012
“Places like Walmart have ‘associates’, democratic organizations, like AEOE, have Members.” S. Turner, Outdoor Education Teacher
Sign the petition to STOP the AEOE Board’s assault on Membership rights. Click here to go to the petition site.
The success of this petition is up to you. Please forward this information to your colleagues and Friends of AEOE.
Thank you, Advocates for the Membership of AEOE
Important Topics (click on each topic for more info)
- 10 ways that you are getting screwed under the new Bylaws. “You are no longer a member” and 9 other ways the new Bylaws disenfranchise the membership
- Comments on specific egregious sections of the new AEOE Bylaws
- Full version of the OLD Bylaws When we had rights as AEOE members
- Full version of the NEW Bylaws You read it here first.
- AEOE’s Original Articles of Incorporation AEOE was established as a MEMBERSHIP organization
- SIGN THE PETITION You are just a step away from lending your voice in opposition to the new Bylaws
- Follow the Money $$$$ $125,000 in the AEOE members bank account.
- Hoppy’s Rants Days when I didn’t get enough fiber in my diet. A chronology of communication with my AEOE Board member colleagues.
- AEOE Hall of shame Contact the Board members who are spearheading this campaign to disenfranchise the AEOE Membership
Hoppy
The purpose of this blog is:
- To advocate for the dues paying Members of AEOE.
- Acknowledging and respecting the history and traditions of AEOE.
- Pissed-off and united against a misguided group of Board Members that are determined to disenfranchise the Members of AEOE
So the $200 I paid for life membership two years ago is going to be absorbed and I get nothing in return? I don’t like that at all. I did that because I love being a member of AEOE and based on what I just read, sounds like I am getting screwed. Not Happy. I really like the people on the board and don’t understand what the motivation is for this change. If member input is not a part of the process, it feels underhanded. But again I don’t know the whole story. Please consider my input.
Jay “Bluejay” Bishop 2010 Southern EEr of the year(AEOE)