PSAA Leaders Declare War on Own Members by Eliminating Petition Nominations; Class Action Lawsuit Needed
To: Penn State alumni networking
cc: Penn State Alumni Association
This posting in BWI Rivals (https://bwi.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=36&tid=180079552&mid=180079552&sid=890&style=2) shows unequivocally that the Penn State Alumni Association is now governed ("led" would be the wrong word) by an out of control, unaccountable cabal of self-serving insiders whose primary agenda is to network and feel important rather than serving the Association's stakeholders. This cabal has just expressed its open contempt for the Association's dues-paying members as follows.
"One of the bylaws changes against which I argued most vehemently was the removal of nomination to Alumni Council by 50 valid signatures. The language of the previous bylaws (prior to April 17, 2015) did not indicate that nominations accompanied by signed petitions of 50 alumni association members were subject to review and approval of the nominations committee. Indeed, the bylaws language indicated that these are two independent processes. That has all changed now. Nomination by petition from active alumni members has been eliminated, as has nominations from the floor of council. You can now self-nominate or be nominated by the Nominations Committee. This bylaws change (next paragraph, additions are noted in CAPS) will allow the Nominations Committee to review, and have the final decision, regarding all nominations to Council."
The removal of the petition nomination process is an obvious reaction to the successful petitions of Board of Trustees critics Elizabeth Morgan and Jim Smith. If PSAA's governing cabal thinks hundreds of thousands of Penn State graduates are too stupid to recognize this, PSAA has been drinking too much of Keith Masser's Kool-Aid and Karen Peetz's soma (the don't worry, be happy drug from Brave New World). This is a flat-out declaration of war by the Association's so-called leaders on the dues-paying members, and I stress dues-paying as in "payment of consideration"--a typical (not legal advice) grounds for a class action lawsuit against the Association.
I accordingly invite my fellow PSAA members to join in identifying an attorney who will pursue a class action lawsuit against PSAA to overturn this decision, and return control of the Association to the people who foot the bill for its very existence.
William A. Levinson, B.S. '78
To: Penn State alumni networking
cc: Penn State Alumni Association
This posting in BWI Rivals (https://bwi.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=36&tid=180079552&mid=180079552&sid=890&style=2) shows unequivocally that the Penn State Alumni Association is now governed ("led" would be the wrong word) by an out of control, unaccountable cabal of self-serving insiders whose primary agenda is to network and feel important rather than serving the Association's stakeholders. This cabal has just expressed its open contempt for the Association's dues-paying members as follows.
"One of the bylaws changes against which I argued most vehemently was the removal of nomination to Alumni Council by 50 valid signatures. The language of the previous bylaws (prior to April 17, 2015) did not indicate that nominations accompanied by signed petitions of 50 alumni association members were subject to review and approval of the nominations committee. Indeed, the bylaws language indicated that these are two independent processes. That has all changed now. Nomination by petition from active alumni members has been eliminated, as has nominations from the floor of council. You can now self-nominate or be nominated by the Nominations Committee. This bylaws change (next paragraph, additions are noted in CAPS) will allow the Nominations Committee to review, and have the final decision, regarding all nominations to Council."
The removal of the petition nomination process is an obvious reaction to the successful petitions of Board of Trustees critics Elizabeth Morgan and Jim Smith. If PSAA's governing cabal thinks hundreds of thousands of Penn State graduates are too stupid to recognize this, PSAA has been drinking too much of Keith Masser's Kool-Aid and Karen Peetz's soma (the don't worry, be happy drug from Brave New World). This is a flat-out declaration of war by the Association's so-called leaders on the dues-paying members, and I stress dues-paying as in "payment of consideration"--a typical (not legal advice) grounds for a class action lawsuit against the Association.
I accordingly invite my fellow PSAA members to join in identifying an attorney who will pursue a class action lawsuit against PSAA to overturn this decision, and return control of the Association to the people who foot the bill for its very existence.
William A. Levinson, B.S. '78
