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Originally posted by larryshores:
When I first went to DSC, I immediately joined as a life member . Today I regret that .

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Originally posted by K Evans:

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I just re-read the DSC bylaws. Nominations for the Board of Directors have to come from the Nominating Committee. While members can suggest people to serve as directors to the Nominating Committee, there is no provision for getting on the ballot by petition of the members unlike the NRA.

Thus, by my reckoning, if you want to regain control of the DSC board and thus the DSC, it will take three years to do it.

Year One - you have to get a bylaw amendment approved to allow for nomination by petition. This won't be easy as you have to both get it on the notice of the meeting for which I'm sure you'll have pushback and you have to get a 2/3rds vote of those present or voting by proxy.

Year Two - you have to get three reform candidates on the ballot by petition and then get them elected.

Year Three - you again get three reform candidates on the ballot by petition and then get them elected. This will give you a majority of the Board with which to make the changes.

You are 100% correct on the time line for drastic changes, that is exactly what I told them in 2020, and it happened. Now we have what we have. As long as the nominating committee is made up of those that caused the change, nothing will happen to reverse it.
As for membership, I believe they currently have less than 8,000 members. One can read board minutes online and read the membership report that gives current monthly numbers. Interestingly, reading these reports showed a huge drop in membership over a two month period, something like a 14,000 member drop. I’m sure it was from their ill fated “free membership” if a convention pass was bought, but still such a drop doesn’t look very good.