This guy has a problem! And I suspect it's NOT MPR's problem.

This is this second copy of his whinging complaint that I have received off
this list.  Can the list moderator ensure that we don't receive another.

I also do not like the personal attacks made on the chair of MPR, Paal
Mork -  they are frankly libellous.  As a former chair of ICOM MPR myself, I
am familiar with the dedication of the members ( past and present) of the
MPR International committee and of Paal himself. Vote rigging is NOT part of
their modus operandi and never has been.

The gentleman complaining to the list should take his concerns to the
appropriate part of the Secretariat, not air them on this list in such a
fashion.  Bad mouthing a hard working, international committee is not the
way to get elected to any board !

Roger Smith
former Chair of ICOM MPR and ICOM New Zealand

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mario Bucolo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:54 AM
Subject: About MPR committee


> Accept the invitation of Yani Herreman  and Penelope Hyam I write my
> impression on the part (MPR) I attended in Seoul. I also hope to put soon
> online some photos of Seoul I take.
>
> I start from Italy to partecipate to the MPR session and to the board
> election, hoping to find a democratic environment to also bet on my name
for
> the board.
>
> First of all I find very strange that I don't receive any email from the
MPR
> committee about Seoul, no one that try to attract more people to attend
the
> conference and the MPR sessions (and this have a relevance as I will
> illustrate later, for people attending the meeting), also I note that
there
> was no respect of the Icom rules for the board candidates (4 to 2 months
> before Seoul, to circulate the candidature by members). So that elements
> must to be impose me to reflect that something was wrong...by the way I
take
> my flight and I went to Seoul.
>
> During the MPR session, where I also speech, I ask information on the
> election procedures remember that I present my candidature in respect of
> Icom timeline, and I start to understand that all the game was ready
before
> the election. Suspecting this, I talk with the both to ICOm president
> candidate to inform about the situation.
> By the way, the time of the board election arrive, the 2003/2004 Chair
Paal
> Mork, start the voting session illustrate a slide where he write who will
be
> the new chair (the same Paal Mork) who will be the vice chair, the
secretary
> and the treasures and 3 new entries in the board!!!
> Incredible behavior...they fix all offices before the board election!!!
> I suppose in a democratic environment that the new board will elect the
> offices.
> They don't accept any candidature and they don't analyze anyone
curriculum.
> Also two new board member was elected because their countries will host
next
> annual MPR meeting, not on the base of their (of course splendid as any
> colleagues) curriculum.
>
> But...after jump over all of Icom rules for board committee election,
after
> jump over on any communication to members, after decide outside any
> democratic rules who will head the committee before the new board can
choose
> this persons...after all of this...
> There aren't the quorum, not in person and not by proxy votes. As Icom
rules
> an election to be valid must to have 10% of voting member. There are 283
> voting members in MPR (one of the most greatest so must to respect the
> democracy) and only 21 where present in the Seoul meeting without any
proxy
> votes (I ask if there are)!!
> When I evidence this problem, the chair, in front of all, declare that "if
> every time we need to respect the quorum we can't made any election"!!!!!
> This in relation of the absence of any communication to invite MPR members
> to attending the Seoul event.
>
> So, on the base of no circulation of candidature for the board in respect
of
> timeline fixed by Icom rules,
> in relation of quorum missing
> and in relation of the offices fixed before the board election
> I suppose that the MPR board election must to be invalidate, also because
> the committee must to be represented by the 283 members and not only from
18
> (member voting for the board at Seoul, where 8 are the new board, and 3
are
> the exit board, so 11 having a direct interest).
> I inform of this situation the new Icom President that I trust when she
find
> the time she can analyze this incredible situation, also this is important
> for the democracy expression inside ICOM
>
> Sorry for this bad note but it is important that information this type of
> behavior and on what happen must to be circulate.
> -- 
> Mario Bucolo
>
> Via Milano n.61 - 95127 Catania - Italy
> Ph: +39-095-38.70.92
>
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