[hackerspaces] Leadership abusing powers. Bullying. Extraordinary General Meetings.

[peter]

On 23/02/15 05:08, Sparr wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:56 PM, peter <phm at riseup.net 
> <mailto:phm at riseup.net>> wrote:
>
>     Does anyone have advice/experience with the leadership abusing
>     their powers, doing unconstitutional/unethical things?
>
>
> Short answer: unless the group's bylaws give you some recourse, then 
> you have none. The leadership gets to make up the rules, and if you 
> don't like them then you can go start your own club. The actual points 
> of your arguments don't matter. They could be telling you to stop 
> wearing yellow shirts, and your justification for wearing yellow 
> shirts WOULDNT MATTER.
>

I beg to differ. I don't care what the 'law' says. I care about what is 
the right/moral thing to do.

(there is no appeal process, but I can try to call an EGM, which is what 
I'm doing)

If your government starts committing genocide, would you say 'oh well, 
they passed a law to make it legal, so there is nothing I can do?'.



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