I think the most talked-about topic in town now is the AWARE conflict woahs, no doubt, it had really created a lot of AWARE-ness in singapore man.

I received an email from an ex-PS, current AWARE member last week. She's using the medium of internet and email to ask for support for her cause against the new exco. (started me thinking about 'medium theory' hahas! ok, that's not the point here)

Just my suggestion for the old guard who sent the email to the PS department last week:

I think you guys should read up your AWARE constitution in DETAIL first before starting the quarrel with the new exco. The new EXCO is constitutionally elected in, mind you. If you're fighting for democracy, since AWARE is a civil society organization, i think you should use the constitution to question the legitimacy of the new exco. And I can already thought of one without reading YOUR CONSTITUTION.

How can AWARE, as a civil society group, has a president that's not popularly elected in?

Makes me wonder if you ever bother reading YOUR CONSTITUTION when you join as a member.

Campaigning through email is a good way. But asking any tom dick harry who does not understand ur organization's mission and values to pay 40 bucks to join in so as to make up the numbers to have a majority vote count over the new exco in the upcoming EOGM is a constituionally childish and stupid way of bringing the AWARE cause further.

You're not doing any good to the the long term development of AWARE at all, do you know that?
To me, this shows that the old guards, who are supposed to be the 'guards' of AWARE, its mission and values, have no respect for its constitution, no respect for its own cause, no respect for the 500 plus members who joined for a noble cause.
What you're doing diluted the cause that you've been trying to 'guard'.
So what difference are you from the new exco that you're condemning?
This shows that perhaps there was no 'cause' at all in the first place huh?

If you don't even respect the constitution yourself, don't call yourself a civil society movement supporter, don't even call yourself a supporter of democracy, don't even join such organisation in the first place. If you don't even respect the constitution yourself, don't expect outsiders to respect your membership and your organisation.

At least the new exco was constitutionally elected in. In terms of legitimacy, they have a higher moral ground than you. To make things worst, you've disregarded the very thing that you should be fighting and defending. You've already lost the battle right from the start.

I always, and still believe that "laws are made by the people for the people". Of course you can always argue back that the current constitution needs ammendments for AWARE to move forward yada yada. But make sure you're in power first then make the constitutional ammendments for the long-term benefit of your organization, which of course will require the approval of your members. If you're not even in the position to do so, then you jolly-well stick to the constitution and use it to you and the organisation's long term benefit. Of course, this 'benefit' is subjective.

My point here is to RESEPCT the CONSTITUTION, coz you're IN A CIVIL/CIVIC SOCIETY ORGANISATION governed by a CONSTITUTION.

When you're calling the others as un-democratic, intolerant, detrimental to the long term female rights movement, have you look at yourself too?

"so much for being an ex-PS major..." That's exactly what's on my mind when i read your email.

Obviously you've failed to win me over in your "campaign".

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