My downfall

I have changed the title of this blog. I guess you should be wise enough to guess the reason why. I had indicated in my previous blog that if I am no longer the chairman, I shall change the title of my blog. It is my personal blog now but I shall continue to write about Prima. Whatever I write now is my personal view, it does not reflect the views of the committee or anybody else. I wish to change the address of my blog too but on second thought, I did not do so because if I were to do so , nobody at Prima would be able to visit my site anymore. Whatever I write will still be about what is happening at Prima because I am still be in the position to get the latest info about Prima.

I had already read my downfall one day before the A.G.M. I checked my letter box one day before the A.G.M. and I found a flyer together with a proxy form inviting all the owners to turn up for the A.G.M. I made a few calls and a committee member from Block C admitted he and his buddies distributed the forms. I did not wish to have an argument with him although what he did was not in line with the decisions made by by the committee. This third A.G.M. is only for owners whose names are to be found in the 2006 membership list. All those owners who wish to become members need to fill in the appilication forms and their applications need to be approved by the committee before they are eligible to vote. Which association allows somebody to fill in the form and enjoys the right to vote straight away ? Just as I expected the next day, many " ah chims " and " ah peks " turned up. They had made preparation to vote me out. To prevent a scene, I had to pass a new resolution to allow these people to vote. I supported the resolution to allow them to vote because I did not want them to accuse me of trying to stop them from voting. As expected, I lost. These new voters had voted me out. I lost by about ten votes. I noticed two class of voters here. The English educated would voted for me and the Chinese educated would vote for the new chairman and the strange thing is that most of the new voters were from Block C. I had no choice but to accept defeat.

Before the election, someone had put up new quotations for the card access submitted by three different companies . The diffrence in the cost is more than RM 100 000. I don't know whether this was deliberately done to fish for votes or to tarnish my credibility. The drastic difference in the cost implies that UOA had deliberately jacked up the price in order to make a clean profit. Maybe, they also tried to imply that the ex-chairman had a cut in the profit. I was told that such a rumour was going round. It doesn't matter to me now. As I had said in my previous blog, my conscience is crystal clear. I am still able to sleep soundly every night. Since they claimed that the difference in the cost is so drastic, I shall leave it to the new chairman to seek an explanation from UOA. It is not my baby anymore.

If you were to ask me how I felt, I would be lying if I told you I was not disappointed. Yes, I was disappointed. I was disappointed because my past contributions had never been appreciated by these new voters. I was disappointed because I could not contribute anything to Prima anymore. My complaints , my suggestions and my proposals to the management do not carry any weights anymore. But then, I also felt a sense of relief. I felt so much lighter now. I don't have to answer to any calls anymore. I don't owe anybody an explanation anymore. We have a new chairman. I wish to congratulate him in his position as the new chairman. I wish him best of luck.

Thank you and have a nice day!