Wheat Growers and weighted voting?

[Fransisco]

Since we're speaking of consistency and principles.

If the wheat board is such a big believer in being run on the principle of one man one vote why did it ignore the results of the barley plebisite? And why does it ignore ten years worth of farmer survey's calling for voluntary participation?

Like I said before there is only one principle, the single desk at all costs. In the above two examples they said democracy be damned, the chains stay on!

[Fransisco]

BTW- since we're also talking about the principle of democracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

Modern democracies don't use the ballot box to take away the rights of others. The wheat boards version of democracy does.

Again, consistent, principled arguments go under the bus when they don't favour the single desk.

[Kodiak]

Chuckchuck,

Before I can comment on the CWB voting structure, I need to understand something. Is the CWB a governing and policy making organization, or is it a commercial entity?

[Fransisco]

Further to that could you please explain how the wheatgrowers are a comercial entity?

[furrowtickler]

jensend, the WCWGA, does not have any direct impact on the day to day finaces of the farm. And yes I beleive they should have weighted votes as well. BTW, it does not matter how many acres you have it is the production you get from those acres.

[Kodiak]

Jensen - I'm interested in your take on consistency. Does consistency of principles when it comes to running organziations cross all organizational models? For example, should a not-for-profit drama club have the same voting system for its member-owners as a professional theatre company has for its member-owners? Should the owners of a private golf club have the same voting structure as a public club?

[jensend]

i thought the principle was those who have more at stake get more say. cwb or producer org is to my mind irrelevant. go ahead and fire away but if size matters why doesn't it matter all the time?

[jensend]

furrowtickler: the WCWGA, does not have any direct impact on the day to day finaces of the farm.

then why belong? is it a social organization or service club or something?

[mcfarms]

This is the blurb on the western Producers news index on the Web in regards to said convention.


WCWGA disappointed with past year


Frustration, annoyance and anger simmered at the annual convention of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.


I thought gee sounds like the last 20 WCWGA conventions

[Fransisco]

Why belong?

I don't see any other organization out there pushing policies that will allow you to make more money from the actual marketplace. Everybody else thinks all our problems can be solved by getting checks from Ottawa and putting farmers in jail for selling their own crops.