Faber Speaks of U.D.P. Decisions that He Does Not Agree With

Faber shared a few instances where he thought the party’s mechanism for communicating with its members is less than effective. He referred to WhatsApp chat groups that serve to communicate among them where members are removed if they do not participate within a certain time frame.

 

Patrick Faber, Area Representative, Collet

“They cannot constructively resign me, and I believe that that is the process, that is the position of my colleagues as well. These committees need to know their roles and their responsibilities, and we need to set clear guidelines as to what will constitute a decision, how many people have to vote on certain things. There are some decisions that are bigger than other decisions, and maybe we need to set thresholds for various different decisions that are needed to be made. Virtual meetings is another thing. We made accommodation for virtual meetings on Zoom and on other platforms for us to use chat groups when we were in COVID and all understand that there is a time when you might have to do a quick, in fact in the traditional business world, you call us are Round Robin. You send out an email and you ask people for their opinion and their views, but this party is run by chat group.  And if they don’t like what you’re saying, they kick you out of the chat group.”