Fwd: * MEC election: [announce] 24 hours left to vote!

Dear Friends:

You can do this easy and quick. It is important to keep MEC democratic. You need to have your MEC member and a PIN number that you just get from the website.

The only link you need to follow is this: http://www.democraticcoop.ca/vote
it has links to how to vote, who to vote for, all that stuff. It's a pretty easy protest vote that is positive and constructive. Also by you voting they donate $1 to some charity and you get entered to win a bike.

Do it!

Rusl

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From: Kari Hewett
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:16 AM

Dear friends,  RE: Mountain Equipment Co-op, Board of Director elections > end TOMORROW at noon ! Many of you have expressed interest and/or concern over the past few years about aspects of MEC's direction and governance. I share the concerns stated below and ask you to sincerely consider voting NO on Special Resolution #1. I do not feel it is either democratic, or in the best interests of MEC as a member-owned and operated co-operative. It fundamentally limits member participation in one of the areas in which it really matters.  Please VOTE ! WIth thanks for your time and attention,  Kari  MEC member since 1996 and former employee (2008-2012) signatory #472, open letter "The C is for Cooperative, Not Corporation"  ><((((º> .´¯`.¸ ><((((º> ..´¯`.¸ ><((((º>.´¯`.. ><((((º> .´¯` "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,     we borrow it from our children."                                             ~ Navajo Proverb  From: MEC Members for a Democratic Co-op <info@democraticcoop.ca> Subject: [announce] 24 hours left to vote! To: announce@democraticcoop.ca Received: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 9:43 AM Good day, MEC Member-owners: We've got a little over 24 hours left to vote and get others to vote to defeat Special Resolution #1. Handy voting tips have been added to the site: http://www.democraticcoop.ca/vote We need everyone to take a few minutes in the next few hours to help stop Special Resolution #1 from passing. Please share this with other member-owners and ask them to vote. You can also share these images (just click on "retweet" on twitter or copy the url and paste it into your status on facebook) - Twitter: http://bit.ly/14sYNoX - Facebook: http://on.fb.me/10fZyfo And please invite your friends to this facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/359463460836215 Finally, if it helps you get fired up, you can read comments from folks who signed the open letter: http://www.democraticcoop.ca/2013/comments