[Fmpro] Update: 1, 250 signatures now required for independent ASCAP Board candidates

[Chris Alpiar]

>From some talk one might think there is a resurrection cult summoning back
the dead tho =o

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[mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of Pete
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 11:11 PM
To: fmpro at nxport.com
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Update: 1,250 signatures now required for independent
ASCAP Board candidates

Actually, it's .4166 percent (Less than half of one
percent.)

But, I think a good percentage of those 300,000
members are dead and not signing anything these days.
:-)

P e t e
S u r d o v a l


--- Jim Chase <jchase at billyhalemusic.com> wrote:
>      I wonder who came up with the apparently
> arbitrary value of  
> 4.167% of the total voting membership signatures
> needed to have one's  
> name placed on the ballot?
> 
>     Please check my math: 1250 = X% of 300,000
> 	X= 4.1666 percent... assuming all members receive
> ballots (not true;  
> only paid ASCAP members receive ballots in that
> voting year.)
> 
> ... especially when it used to be 25 signatures --
> %0.0001 -- way  
> back when ASCAP membership was (an estimated)
> 250,000.
>    Five years ago.
> 
>    That same %0.0001 percentage today would amount
> to the signatures  
> of just more than 30 voting members.  No need to
> check the math here,  
> even if my figures are off by a factor of 10, the
> disparity is  
> clearly overwhelming.
> 
>     Q: As long as the ASCAP ruling board is putting
> forth random  
> requirements -- making it nearly impossible for new
> contenders to get  
> on the ballot -- why don't they just make it a nice,
> round number,  
> like "unanimous"?   I'll field this one.  A: Too
> simple, and  
> transparent.
> 
> Jim Chase


       
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