Having reflected overnight, I am uncomfortable with this move. Each councilor is elected by the pilots to represent them, the president is elected by us, the councillors, to organise the agenda for the term, and to chair the debates, other than that the president is equal to the other elected councilors.
I do not agree that the president has a mandate to make any meaningful appointments in this way and do not acknowledge any authority vested with these appointments.
This move causes a suspicion that the presidency can be bought by the offer of positions which I believe has the potential to bring the office into disrepute and is I believe anti-democratic.
This should have been debated by the council before any action was taken.
We are a council of equals elected by our peers.
Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:55 pm Unfrozen Jon