[blml] Towards more consistency

[Grattan Endicott]

Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet .co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd M. Zimnoch" <tzimnoch at comcast.net>
To: "BLML" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Towards more consistency


> Grattan Endicott wrote:
>> But the overwhelming proportion of those  
>> administrators whose attitudes Nigel deprecates 
>> are elected representatives of bridge constituencies.
> 
> By what process are members of the WBFLC elected?  I was 
> under the impression they were appointed but admit never 
> having researched the matter.  Though iirc, the EBU's L&EC 
> is elected while the ACBL's LC is entirely appointed.
> 
> -Todd
> 
+=+ I said 'the overwhelming proportion' advisedly. The 
members of the Executive Council are first elected (or in some 
cases possibly nominated?) by their Zones as representatives, 
and then elected by the representatives of the NBOs to the 
Executive Council (to which the WBFLC submits its decisions 
for ratification). Members of the WBFLC are appointed by the 
President, himself elected, as persons he judges fit for the task. 
The majority of them are representatives who have been elected 
variously as described, but indeed there are some who arrive 
there simply as appointees.  
                                  ~ Grattan ~   +=+