Originally Posted by
satchip
Ding Ding! And it's people like that who will get us creamed. They will fill out a card, not knowing who or what they are voting for and the next thing you know you are worse off than you were.
Heyas Sat,
Lets ASSUME for a moment that the DPA has 2,500 cards. And these cards represent people who really want to change the way the system works.
If only 1/4 of those people... that's a scosh over 600, got actively involved in their LECs, then it would cause a complete housecleaning of DALPA.
And I don't mean cow towing to the already elected reps. With 100 people in DTW, ATL, SLC or wherever, you can effectively throw the current reps out and put in whoever you want.
Assuming there are a few reps on the MEC who already are with your plan, or are at least smart enough to pour pee out of a boot and see which way the wind is blowing, you don't even need to do this in every base. Just a targeted few would be enough to put the rest in line.
Then YOU have all the marbles. A MEC doing your bidding, and a cash cow at ALPA National. You think they're going to call and **** you off? No way, you are the largest group in ALPA...without you, they are broke. When you call and say jump, THEY say "how high?"
Damn, I hate to be the one doing all the heavy lifting around here.
Nu