The last 24 hours were different.

[moth2fic]

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[fiorenza_a]

Gosh, all change at the Palace then. I was just about to start dinner and watch Dr Who.

What triggered all that then? Or is that all Secret Squirrel?

I keep all my own fic, as I suspect do a lot of others, but I'm really behind the Open Doors thing.

[moth2fic]

We aren't absolutely sure what triggered it. Obviously there has been a great deal of campaigning for the elections - some of it public and some of it behind closed doors. But we all thought that was that. Most people were really pleased that Matty and Atiya were elected. However, Board held an open (public) meeting in which they tried to reappoint to Board the person who came last in the election (out of six candidates) after they'd repeatedly said there were only two seats (the maths does my head in) and the person, who is still on Board till 15th December, voted in favour of this move. Needless to say, there was uproar. (The transcripts are a joy to behold.) They retreated to a closed session and then announced their mass resignation. Now you effectively know as much as anyone!!

[fiorenza_a]

I've just been playing a very quick game of catch up and now understand a bit more. There was a bit of chatter about voting for oneself, which is usually OK, but I don't know what the election rules are, so may not have been in this specific insistence

[moth2fic]

It was Andrea Horbinski who came last in the elections and it was Andrea who voted to reappoint herself to a seat she and others had been claiming loudly was not available. If it had been, Alex Tischer would have got it under the election rules. So under those circumstances, voting for herself was not exactly morally acceptable!

[snailbones]

Thank you for the reassuring words! I've got to admit, I looked at it all, and promptly donned my tinfoil helmet... why yes, I am a big chicken!

[moth2fic]

We suspect the outgoing Board members would love to think of you donning your helmet. The rest of the org. is too busy having a party to consider helmets.

Seriously, there will be some hiccups while the handover takes place but everything is poised to be wonderful!

[fiorenza_a]

I'm much intrigued by your enthusiasm :0)

I shall await Big Things...

[fiorenza_a]

I thought you were a snail? You're well covered :0)

[moth2fic]

There are nay-sayers and doom-peddlers out there in Tumblr-land and so on, but meanwhile, we're celebrating. Christmas came early.

[kat_lair]

Ooooh! I've been blissfully ignorant of all of this drama llama! Sounds... interesting. I'm reassured that you are happy though!

[moth2fic]

It's all under control!!!! We live in interesting times indeed.

[margaret_r]

Wow, that made for some interesting reading! It’s all certainly dramatic (traumatic?) I shall trust you prediction that all is well and everything is under control and there shall be much rejoicing;)

[moth2fic]

Drama and trauma by the cartload. Rejoicing by the cartload too. But now the work starts!