Editor:
As chairman of the Ad Hoc AOA Voting Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to respond to Dr. Bennett’s letter to the editor in the September/October 2010 issue of the Keystoner and clarify some points he made regarding the 2009 AOA meeting. But, before I do, I would like to state unequivocally that every member of POA has a voice in how we vote at the AOA House of Delegates.
I attended both the 2009 and 2010 AOA House of Delegates and was present as a delegate when our votes were cast. At the POA House of Delegates prior to the 2009 AOA meeting, a motion was made to direct POA’s vote regarding board certification. Delegates discussed the motion at length and it was defeated. POA’s votes at the AOA House of Delegates were indeed determined by polling the delegates (I being one) on every question, and POA cast its votes according to the majority rule of polled delegates.
The purpose of the Ad Hoc AOA Voting Committee is to “Examine the current voting policy of the POA delegation as pertaining to the casting of POA votes at the HOD of the AOA and that the committee be charged with reporting its findings at the next meeting of the POA House of Delegates.” I, along with the other members of the committee, have begun this process and will report our findings, as charged, at the next POA House of Delegates.
Dr. Bennett states, “I hope that the appointed committee members study this issue thoroughly and not be guided by politics as usual.” There is and never was a political agenda and I will not allow anything but what is best for our members to guide this committee. He and other members may take the opportunity to suggest a new voting policy if, after our report, they feel the current one is flawed.
Anthony S. Diecidue, O.D., M.S.
Chair, Ad Hoc AOA Voting Committee
Stroudsburg
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