The Aware EGM today DID turn out to be a MEGA drama.
I started following the latest updates to the saga at 3-plus, and refreshing this blog (do read, it kept me entertained the whole afternoon) every now and then to read about the latest developments happening Live at Suntec. Catfights seemed aplenty, with constant jeerings and shoutings between the exco and the members, which had totalled 3000, a ten-fold increase over a month.
From the start of the session, the 'new exco' seemed doomed to fail eventually, with crowds boo-ing at critical timings, and Josie Lau couldnt even give a complete President's opening speech. I guess it irked the members even further with the constant threats to get the security to chase the jeering members out. And of cos, the classic 'Shut Up and Sit Down'. Do you think even the most neutral members wouldn't start taking sides after witnessing such?
Perhaps one major blow to the 'new exco' was the revelation of the $90,000 spending in the past month-- $70,000 above the level by which members' consent must be sought first. This could have legal consequences, and I wonder if any actions would be taken. NGOs are afterall, non-profitable. Such unregulated spending habits truly make the team non-credible.
And finally, the vote of non-confidence successfully ousted the few ambitious women, putting a close to the chapter, and ending the series of drama. And a new, latest exco was elected under the witness of the thousands of members.
I wonder how Josie will feel when she's back at her work. DBS had advised against the taking up of the portfolio, but she went ahead. Now, she's ousted and is under the negative limelight of the scandals. IF she used to garner respect as a VP of the bank, I'm sure it's mostly gone now.
(And I find it amusing, that the legal counsel that the 'new exco' engaged for the EGM, eventually advised them to step down)
人生是黑白的.
10:51 PM <3
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