A. AND P. ASSN.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 March 1932, Page 6

A. AND P. ASSN.

E.

PRATT,

(To the Editor). Sir, — Would. you kindly allow me srace to reply to Mr. H. P. Ford's letter in your issue of the 4th inst. Mr. Ford auotes a resolution of the general committee as an authority f or joining certain of the guarantors to the art union as members of the committee. Rule 13 requires the committee to be elected at the annual general meeting of the Association — any additions to the committee made by resolution of the committee cannot be valid as the committee have no nower to make such appointment. Rule 13 provides for the appointment of an executive committee eons'sting of five members of the general committee — the president, two vice-presidents, the treasurer and the aecretary. In thtse gentlemen is "•ested the power to manage the affairs of the Association. If this committee passed a resolution that a building was to be erected and later decided to call a meeting of the Association to confirm the committee-'s action — it is within the power of the executive committee to accept or reject the resolution carried at the general meeting. Mr. Ford rules that the decision arrived at by the general meeting now over-rules the motion of the committee. In ruling thus I suggest Mr. Ford is wrong. He is chairman, and must rule in accordance with the Association's rules and constitution. The proper course I suggest is that the executive committee shoifld be called together to consider the adverse motion carried at the general ■ meeting together with the validity of the votes cast at that meeting, and then the executive committee should rescind the motion to build or carry on. It is rather unfortunate that the chairman should challenge my assnrtion that many votes cast at the general meeting were invalid because witif voters were non-members r.id athers we*-e non-financial by alleg'ig t was my duty to draw his attention to the fact. This statement is tantamount to an admission that some votes cr.st •.vere invalid and as the resolutions vere carr'ed by only a small majority the resolution itself was invalid and the members of the Association have consequently not had the opportun'ty of properly expressing their views by vote on this important quesi~: — t ^4-^

Vice-Pr eside nt. Rotorua A. & P. Assn (In?.) Rotorua, 7/3/32.