[rpd] Report from Recall Committee

[Daniel Yakmut]

Dear All


> I just completed reading the documents attached to the report of the 
> Recall Committee. I wish that the recall committee did not come to the 
> conclusions they did. Though they claimed to have considered all 
> opinions, I will want to argue that is doesn’t seem so. There are 
> still grey issues that still in doubt, as the prima facie remains 
> unclear and very vague to justify the recommendation (though some do 
> not agree that the outcome was a recommendation) for a recall.
>
> A recall is a major decision that has significant impact on the 
> community and it is now a precedent. The reasons and facts that form 
> the basis for the final decision remains unclear.
>
> The general rules as regards the conduct of members is applicable to 
> both Co-Chairs and the community, especially those that participate on 
> the RPD. However, the past months has shown that all sort of behaviors 
> was permitted, as members engaged, in making offensive comments, 
> personal attacks, bullying, unfounded accusations and abusive terms. 
> Similarly, some members (the usual suspects) have constantly launched 
> attacks on the co-chairs as long as decisions and discussions do not 
> go their way. I expected that the RC should have taken cognizance of 
> these actions and see that there was a pattern by some members who 
> have been unnecessarily aggrieved, since the elections in Kampala. 
> Since then, they have vowed to make the tenure of the Co-Chairs 
> impossible. The same persons finally came up with trump up charges for 
> a recall and it seems the RC felt for it. So in my opinion the RC had 
> look more intently to one side of the coin and gloss over the other 
> leaving a serious window for biased judgement wide open.
>
> Though the RC has pronounced violations by the Co-Chairs, I truly 
> failed to see these violations. The response of the Co-Chairs clearly 
> shows that they have remained within the ambits of the CPM. So I 
> wouldn’t know where the infractions are coming from. I can also see 
> that in coming to conclusions the RC infused their personal opinions 
> in determining the actions of the Co-Chairs, this I see as conflicting.
>
> The precedent set by the RC is uncommon and therefore we cannot wish 
> it away. Hence we need to find better ways to move forward.
>
> Of Course I will not subscribe to the herding suggestions being peddle 
> around as solutions to the current stalemate. Since, we strictly want 
> to operate by the book, let us stick to that. No one should 
> contemplate suggestions and options that are outside the CPM. This is 
> the way forward.
>
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