Originally Posted by
LowPhlyer
Just to make a point about "MEC Administration":
The ONLY committee chairman you listed that is directly elected by the elected representatives is the Negotiating Chairman. The rest of the Chairmen are APPOINTED by the MEC Chairman and then OK'd by a majority vote of the reps (most times these appointments are a "group" appointment with the ratification vote...thus no individual vetting by the reps gets to happen).
I consider a chairman appointed...a member of the Administration.
LP
I understand that Negotiating Committee and Merger Committee members are elected and the rest of the Committee Chairmen are appointed by the Master Chairman. I also now understand that some people consider those Chairmen who are appointed as being a part of the MEC Administration. I do not.