{UAH} Membership Eligibility

Dear Mr. Musoke:

I do not as UNAA President have any powers to suspend any article of the UNAA Constitution. I may have legitimate reasons (Some of them in UNAA's best interests) for not following particular articles of the constitution, but the mere act of not following those articles would be unconstitutional in itself, irrespective of the intent. Grounds for Impeachment. 

I believe that as an Executive Committee, we have  followed both the letter and the spirit of the 2010 UNAA Constitution to the hilt. I am happy to shed more more light on our decisions and thought process during the New Orleans AGM.

I have always believed that democracy is not the absence of disagreement, but rather the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. As I have often said, the 2010 UNAA Constitution is an imperfect document written by an imperfect people, so disagreement over its numerous provisions is both expected, and healthy for the most part.

 

Brian M. Kwesiga

President and CEO,

Ugandan North American Association - UNAA

972.415.6372 | www.unaa.org | "United We Stand"

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From: "Joseph Musoke joseph.musoke@ymail.com [UNAANET]" <UNAANET@yahoogroups.com>
To: Ugandans-at-heart <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>; Unaanet Discussion Forum <unaanet@yahoogroups.com>; UNAALIST Unaalist <unaalist@unaa.memberclicks.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2015 6:46 PM
Subject: [UNAANET] CORRECTION: Response to Brian

 

Dear Brian,

Article 3.3.1 is quite plain:

3.3.1: Membership dues paid in a current fiscal year shall be valid for membership for the following fiscal year.

If the current fiscal year started on October 1, 2015 and will end on September 30, 2015, Article 3.3.1 says that the membership dues will be valid for the FOLLOWING fiscal year and the fiscal year that follows the current one, will start from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016.  Therefore, dues paid after Sept 30, 2014 but before October 30, 2015 will be valid for the next fiscal year. Those people should not even come to the AGM in New Orleans...unless you have suspended 3.3.1...just as you seem to have suspended Article 5.3:

Qualification: To be eligible for nomination to be a Trustee, a person shall be a member of UNAA in good standing for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding his or her nomination; shall be a resident of North America; shall have been an active participant in the affairs of the Association for at least 5 years immediately preceding his or her nomination. 

Most of the people you appointed to the Board do not qualify to serve on the Board unless you also suspended 5:3. 

thanks. 

---In UNAANET@yahoogroups.com, <brian.kwesiga@...> wrote :

Dear Joseph:

What in Article 3 prevents a person who registered on October 1 2014 onwards from voting?

Anyone who is a paid member for Fiscal Year 2015 onwards will vote in the 2015 UNAA General Election. Whether you define Fiscal Year by Jan 1 to Dec 31 or Oct 1 to Sept 30, and that doesn't violate Article 3 of the constitution.

So, I ask again? What in Article 3 prevents a person who registered on October 1 2014 onwards from voting?

Anyone who is a paid member for Fiscal Year 2015 onwards will vote in the 2015 UNAA General Election. 

Brian M. Kwesiga

On Aug 22, 2015, at 2:31 PM, Joseph Musoke joseph.musoke@... [UNAANET] <UNAANET@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Brian,
How does changing the fiscal year to run from October 1st, also change the requirements of article 3? You said that the current fiscal year now runs from October 1st, 2014 to September 30, 2015. If you've not suspended article 3, then membership fees paid from October 1, 2014 to September 30,2015 is valid for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015.
Thanks

Dear Joseph:

Anyone who has paid for the Fiscal Year 2015 on-wards (Both before the Fiscal Year change AND after the Fiscal Year Change), as long as they paid by the constitutional deadline of 30 days before the elections (August 6th 2015), will vote.

Brian M. Kwesiga

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