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Nessah Board of Director met on 8/31/2017 and passed a motion to reduce the size of the next Board of Directors from 13 to 11. This means that the number of past presidents, as permanent members of the board (8), will be more than the number of the elected board members (3).
The "Past Presidents", 8 people, shall have the required 2/3 majority to change the bylaws and the structure of Nessah Synagogue. Elections will be meaningless from now on and the past presidents will be the permanent decision makers without any regards to members, the community or the bylaws.
This is undemocratic, unethical and illegal!
Please sign this petition to urge the current Nessah Board of Directors to take the following two actions:
1. We ask the board to immediately rescind this motion!
2.We ask for a bipartisan committee to be formed to correct the deficiency in the bylaws which allows permanent board membership to past presidents of the board.
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September 18, 2017
The board remains silent but their decision to consolidate power behind closed doors is unacceptable. Email your board representative today to demand they rescind this motion before the next meeting happens.
September 18, 2017
The momentum behind this effort has reached a critical point and the Board can no longer ignore our collective demand for transparency. Send an email to your board representative today and insist they rescind the motion to consolidate power. Post the link to this petition on your Facebook wall so we keep the pressure on until they call for a bipartisan committee.
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reducing board is a step away from letting the people who actually use the synagogue to have a say. A few unelected people should not have say for synagogue that is so seminal in our community and our future persian jewish heritage.
We already have enough issues and problems to deal with. We do not need to change any of the by laws . Please leave it as is. Thanks
I wish this year bring unity for all at Nessah and for all our communities everywhere.
Soheil Abrishami
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Nessah Board of Director met on 8/31/2017 and passed a motion to reduce the size of the next Board of Directors from 13 to 11. This means that the number of past presidents, as permanent members of the board (8), will be more than the number of the elected board members (3).
The "Past Presidents", 8 people, shall have the required 2/3 majority to change the bylaws and the structure of Nessah Synagogue. Elections will be meaningless from now on and the past presidents will be the permanent decision makers without any regards to members, the community or the bylaws.
This is undemocratic, unethical and illegal!
Please sign this petition to urge the current Nessah Board of Directors to take the following two actions:
1. We ask the board to immediately rescind this motion!
2.We ask for a bipartisan committee to be formed to correct the deficiency in the bylaws which allows permanent board membership to past presidents of the board.
Updates
September 18, 2017
The board remains silent but their decision to consolidate power behind closed doors is unacceptable. Email your board representative today to demand they rescind this motion before the next meeting happens.
September 18, 2017
The momentum behind this effort has reached a critical point and the Board can no longer ignore our collective demand for transparency. Send an email to your board representative today and insist they rescind the motion to consolidate power. Post the link to this petition on your Facebook wall so we keep the pressure on until they call for a bipartisan committee.
5 Comments
we do not propose to change the Bylaws. They are fine. We are addressing the issue of permanency of membership for past presidents, which is being abused here. A group who act as if they are the owner/operators of Nessah are doing this to keep themselves in power. It is clear once they see the opposition from vast sections of the community, they have to fold and not cause further division in our community.
reducing board is a step away from letting the people who actually use the synagogue to have a say. A few unelected people should not have say for synagogue that is so seminal in our community and our future persian jewish heritage.
We already have enough issues and problems to deal with. We do not need to change any of the by laws . Please leave it as is. Thanks
I wish this year bring unity for all at Nessah and for all our communities everywhere.
Soheil Abrishami
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we do not propose to change the Bylaws. They are fine. We are addressing the issue of permanency of membership for past presidents, which is being abused here. A group who act as if they are the owner/operators of Nessah are doing this to keep themselves in power. It is clear once they see the opposition from vast sections of the community, they have to fold and not cause further division in our community.