₦airaland Forum

DailyNews: Hmmmmmmmm, thought-provoking indeed! What do we do? Are you guys comfortable with YAN having two arms of leadership- the administrative board and the executive arm? If we all agree to it, so be it. I was kinda worried of the size of leadership that would entail, but if we find it okay, its okay by me too, don't know about other anyway, let's wait and hear from then. Though we need to advance faster pls, if you have any opinion, kindly, politely air it here pls and pls, we are already running behind schedule, guys come on!

We agreed on an executive board, remember DailyNews? We hav already trimmed down the number of persons in authority. The only thing Sunical feels we shuld do now is allow the president free reign of both board meetings and the association's administration. In my opinion, I feel a fellow board member shuld chair board meetings while the president concentrates on carrying out the decisions taken in these meetings for evryone's benefit. Pple abeg, is ds not gud? See my ANA example above. Do we want that to happen to us in this nascent stage? ANA is failing because young authors across the country dont feel they belong...that's why YAN is even taking shape nw...lol YAN is a sign of ANA's failure to properly mobilize n gather young authors into its fold. Is ds what we want to see happen here agn? Lol, for me, it will be out of the frying pan, into the fire!!! That will be a case of being bitten twice o...

ANA uses dt structure so how hav dey bn doing since? Mayb dt structure is even their problem. If they use it n they r doing quite well, then we shuldn't b trying to create ds association because we shuld all b in ANA. Do u knw I tabled a proposal before ANA's President and up till nw, nothin frm his office? My proposal ws for d creation of a grassroot wing combin d country for new young authors. ANA members loved it when they read thru it, but since d president heads evrythin, it ws kinda dropped. I rest my case. Even the so-called board mmbrs who loved ds proposal kept mute abt it. And ds is the association you want YAN to mimick? Hmmmmmm....DailyNews and my fellow YANNERS, this is my arguement...we have already agreed on an executive board, remember DailyNews? We hav already trimmed down the number of persons in authority. The only thing Sunical feels we shuld do now is allow the president free reign of both board meetings and the association's administration. In my opinion, I feel a fellow board member shuld chair board meetings while the president concentrates on carrying out the decisions taken in these meetings for evryone's benefit. Pple abeg, is ds not gud? See my ANA example above. Do we want that to happen to us in this nascent stage? ANA is failing because young authors across the country dont feel they belong...that's why YAN is even taking shape nw...lol YAN is a sign of ANA's failure to properly mobilize n gather young authors into its fold. Is ds what we want to see happen here agn? Lol, for me, it will be out of the frying pan, into the fire!!! That will be a case of being bitten twice o...

lukejd: Heyyyy!! Luks lyk anoda argument is stemin up again...pls we dnt nid 2 push on dis issue 2 fr? I tink am goin 2 mk dis issue more simpler 4 evry1 hia. All f dese r leadership structures used by assoc's n org's. Dia adoptn f wc style is dependent on dt wc fits dia org n assoc. So d tin hia is dis wc style do we tink fits dis assoc. Lets mk our views known n stop arguein n tryn 2 bring up anoda fight. Dis is my submission on dis issue.

Lukedj, nobody's starting a new fight. It's just dt all of a sudden, our legal Prof. Emyo is nowhere to b found...desperately need your help here, Emyo!!! Sunical needs to see dt it is suicidal for the president to head both the board n execs at the same time. OK, why is GEJ not the President and Senate President at the same time? Or PDP Chairman for dt matter? At least, ds is one issue Emyo agrees with me. Where him dey sef?

Sunical, Writer's Guild of America has an executive director appointed by the board. Rmmbr we had such an arrangement before you argued for it to be changed to president? Nw you want us to look into a constitution with this very same provision...hhhhmmmm....Uniquexty, I hope you still have that your cane in hand? Sunical, the question is this...why do you want a President rather than an Executive Director like these your white friends dey propose for their constitution, and yet you don't want the leadership format dt properly allows for a president rather than an executive director? Been going thru dt constitution n there r some things it can teach us, but did we hav to go bck to the constitution, seriously? Aftr the ugly chapter we'v successfully closed here?

sunical: Look at another pattern here:

http://www.wgaeast.org/index.php?id=90


These associations have one Board called Executive Board headed by the President. The President is the Chairperson you are talking about. He doesn't run the day to day activities of the association. None of the Board members run day to day activities. They are elected to guide the association and make decisions.

However, committees are set up by the Board to run the association. The Board and the President "check" these committees. Each committee has a leader or Director. A Board member can be a member of any of these committees. And that's how it is done. Only the Board Members are elected. The necessary committees are thereafter set up by the Board after thorough brainstorming.

The one you are suggesting is also good but it's mostly for companies not associations.

I have given you two good examples of well-known prestigious associations who have ran successfully for years. Can you give us one that practise your type of leadership style?

It's not my type of leadership style, please...why do we like personalizing issues everytime a topic is brought up? I didn't form this leadership format. It's been there. The associations you listed here are foreign associations? What makes you think the same format you propose will work here in Nigeria? What I'v bn getting from u all ds while has bn 'designating duties to mmbr this and mmbr that.' What happens when a mmbr is not given a duty by ds your mighty President/Chairperson when evryone knws he can do this better dn the person who got d job n dt it was due to bad blood b/w presido n him dt's why he wasn't givn d job? Impeachment of presido? lol...n u were talking of smooth running...Sunical...why dont you want a board member who will be a chairperson? He's just anothr board membr for cryin out loud. He wont impede anything...rather IT WILL BE A DISERVICE TO ALL OF US IF AT A POINT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT ASSOCIATION THE PRESIDENT IS GOING AHEAD WITH A BAD DECISION NONE OF US HAVE AGREED TO GO ALONG WITH SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS HEADING THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AS PRESIDENT/CHAIRPERSON. We v trimmed down the leadership n put the president in the board, but I still feel he shouldnt head both the board n executiv committee. This is Nigeria, not some far flung nation state where almost everyone abides by the rules.

sunical: And here's a good constitution just in case.

http://www.wga.org/content/subpage_whoweare.aspx?id=1105

Don't know why you are bringing this up now. Let me get you...our present constitution isn't to your taste? Please kindly point out the errors on THAT constitution and stop pushing us back. This link you pasted here is good, but I hope you will kindly take out time to draft a constitution based on this for YAN and not PEN or those others. It's a hell of a job doin that and I tot we'v rested the constitution issue? Na wa o...

DailyNews: Treasurer will definitely be reserved for the females. Then Vice President if we accept to go by that structure. if not, Treasurer and Secretary will be for females. We need to finalize this issue and move on with the election talks. Meanwhile, peaceworld how far have u gone with the publicity of the election to get more voters? and to create more awareness? Thats very important remember.

Check the advert I posted on our fan pg...unfortunately bn offline for sometime now...just doin my best...

sunical: Who will "checkmate" the Chairperson?

The Board is in charge of checking the President. There are constitutional procedures to impeaching a President if the Board deems it necessary. I know of the leadership style you are proposing but you will find that it's common with profit associations. For YAN, let the President be the head of the Board and the Board members should have constitutional powers to check the President. This is my opinion. Simple leadership is better.

The chairperson is just another board member. The president can checkmate the board if he chooses to. Hope ds answers your question? The president is already there. Note we r only talkin of rare situations when things don't walk out well b/w evryone here...

sunical: @Peaceworld

Please, let's not involve any Chairperson position. It may cause decision delays. PEN is just one example. You will find out that many similar associations opted for the same leadership style. The Board members will check the President not a single person called Chairperson.

Chairperson is just another board member. He heads the board meetings. Wonder why you are talkin of decision delays when this is gud for any association when d final outcome favours everyone. How can board members check the president when he, himself, heads that same board? Just don't buy it...like the discussion, though...we'r all saying the same thing peeps, the chairperson is another board member. DailyNews, hope u understand? OK, mayb he is elected by his fellow board members to be their spokesperson after the elections? Sunical, impeachment procedures r ok, but don't you think it will be a long n cumbersome road for decisiom taking? I stil think d president shuld just head the executive committee and not the board as well. Even if we adopt ds, Sunical, a board chair will still emerge from amongst the board mmbrs. Trust me...n Phiozy, Uniquexty...make una shine una eye well well before una dey second and dey third ds proposal cuz u ladies might end up being d ones complaining about it...BTW...DailyNews, we havent designated any leadership quota for the girls yet. This is very important o...

sunical: Welcome Phiozy.

@Uniquexty, Emyo

Pls let's email all members and tell them to register for the elections here

wikicolumn.com/yan

I think many are not aware.

Also, Peaceworld, on our FB Fan page, paste that link for them to register, please.

Thanks.

Will do. Oga DailyNews, please outline the offices we are contesting and voting for again, using the leadership hierarchy we have agreed on. Also note the electoral fee for each job in your next post. We agreed on...

Chairperson
President
Secretary
Treasurer
PRO
Board members (which are up to 4 or 5)
Zonal Coordinators (3)

Post this here so that I can update the fan page accordingly. Sunical pls allow the Chairperson position. It is good he is there as head of the Executive Board, though the president will be the head of the Executive Committee...mayb we will use this in the constitution because it is still trimmed down and yet assuages all our fears. What do you guys think? DailyNews, abeg post those fees so that I'll know whether to join the fray right now...

DailyNews: I buy this idea, peaceworld, pls lets go with this pls....

Hhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm....mayb it's time u guys listened to our learned law proffessor, Emyo...Phiozy, if we structure our leadership this way, then d president will be able to do as he pleases...cuz he heads the 'Executive Board' ie he heads everything, and believe me, Sunical, nothing will run smoothly. The Chairperson's job is rlly to checkmate the president. I'd rather suggest we remve d vp positn...n I'm sayin all ds cuz I'v seen it happen in school, where d President, heading a kind of Deliberation Committee, decided to go rogue for his own selfish end. I see YAN growing vry big, DailyNews, so if it is d numbr of people availabl to contest dz posts you're worried abt, dn we can decide to go on ds for now, but leave d constitution as it is because, trust me, someone must raise this issue down the road...

sunical: Board members are "elected". Day to day activities can be ran by any member "appointed". Some associations even employ people to run the activities. What I am saying is that there is no need for Executive and then Board. Let's have one leadership group called Executive Board.

Nice idea...but this is YAN and not PEN. I think we should shape our own leadership the way we all agree we can work with. Have issues with the president chairing the board n the executive at the same time.

Please note Iv fixed the dots above. They r nw numbrs, but wow, seems all the numbrs for section citations hv disappeared like magic above - this one na hari hudini style o... Emyo just highlight the area you want altered and YAN on. Got ya bck...

Emyo here's the constitution I promised to post here. So sorry culdnt bring in all gud correctns u made due to fatigue in d night. Only thing you can help me with is to outline specific corrections in a post here. Will follow them thru. Promise...

THE CONSTITUTION OF YOUNG AUTHORS OF NIGERIA, 2013.

PREAMBLE

Whereas, We the Members of Young Authors of Nigeria…
Under the Companies and Allied Matters Act of Nigeria (1990)…
Having firmly and solemnly resolved to Discover, Unite, and Empower upcoming, aspiring and established young writers of every literary genre in Nigeria, for the purpose of achieving our individual dreams of becoming published authors of great literary works through joint efforts of members of the association…
And to provide, for a constitution for promoting the smooth administration, empowerment and welfare of members as well as the discovery of literary talents…
Do hereby make, enact and give ourselves this constitution…

CITATION AND SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
This constitution may be cited as ‘The Constitution of Young Authors of Nigeria, 2013’

This constitution is supreme and its dictates shall be binding on all persons or group of persons, any committee, authorities who are members, associate members or honorary members of Young Authors of Nigeria and its affiliate components.

If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this constitution, this constitution shall prevail and the said law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.

2. NAME

2.1 The name of the Association shall be the

Young Authors of Nigeria

and its short name shall be YAN (hereinafter referred to as the Association).

2.2. The Association shall be an organization (universitas) established under the Nigerian Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990. A corporate body existing in its own right, separately from its members and continuing to exist even when its membership changes and there are different office bearers. The Association shall be able to own property and other possessions, which are not distributable to its members or associate members (or their representatives) or office-bearers, and will be able to sue and be sued in its own name. Members or office bearers of the Association do not have rights over things that belong to the Association. In due course, the Association may decide in favour of registration using the body certified for this activity in Nigeria and in terms of the relevant laws guiding this step under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

3. GOALS

YAN will aim to give voice to the interests and concerns of all young aspiring authors and poets within and outside Nigeria, whether their works have appeared in print or not. This is Nigeria’s first national association established especially for young authors of all genres, dedicated to improving and promoting their works and their status in society, sharing information and offering advice.


YAN’s vision is to become a member-driven association aiming to uphold and enhance the profile and status of all young writers in Nigeria, through advocating for the recognition of their works and protection of their rights, in collaboration and cooperation with all stakeholders in the book value chain. YAN also aims at improving the social wellbeing of its members through wholesome and enjoyable recreational engagements proportionately spread throughout its yearly calendar.

YAN’s mission will include the following:

To discover, unite and empower all upcoming, aspiring and established young writers (in literary genre) in Nigeria, for the purpose of achieving our individual dreams of becoming published authors of great literary works through joint efforts of members and associate members.
To promote the recognition and fair remuneration of authors, and respect for their rights;
To facilitate the creation, publication and dissemination of quality works by both published and aspiring authors;
To make and maintain links with and encourage cooperation between authors and others in the book value chain.
To promote and publicize established member authors
To encourage and promote reading of literary works amongst young people and adults in Nigeria
Finally, to uplift Nigeria’s image through our literary works

YAN’s goals/objectives will be in two parts:

Short-term Goals

To unite all talented young writers and poets in Nigeria
To publish a first annual anthology of thrilling short stories (compiled and carefully selected from well-written short stories, originally written & submitted by active members)
To also publish an anthology of poems written by members
To create a carefully developed and appealing website for the club, solely for the promotion of the association and its members
To create a Facebook celebrity/fan page for faster publicity
Officially register the association with a clearly-written constitution
Officially document/register all active members
Long-term Goals

Hold bi-annual club meetings and retreats
Engage in constructive criticisms of members’ works to assist members become better writers
Conduct Annual seminars/workshops on literary writing skills and techniques to assist members and other interested Nigerians in becoming outstanding authors
Conduct Annual writing competitions, with young people within the age of 18 to 30 as our targeted audience, for the purpose of discovering hidden talents in Nigeria
Conduct Annual beauty pageants as a way of promoting literature and our association within and beyond Nigeria
Establish a state-of-the-art publishing outfit to help publish more Nigerian writers, and to also raise fund for the association to pursue its goals and targets
Develop a writer’s weekly/monthly magazine/newspaper aimed at promoting literature and reading in Nigeria.
To promote and protect the intellectual property rights of its members and of all young authors in Nigeria, and to inform authors about their rights.
To promote sound professional and legal relationships between authors and publishers and to assist authors in negotiating fair publishing contracts.
To offer advice and assistance to authors of young works.
To encourage the personal development of aspiring and emerging young authors and to offer guidance in all aspects of such writing.
To provide a forum for debating issues of interest to young authors and to provide support and solidarity in interacting with other writers, in Nigeria and abroad.
To facilitate interaction, exchange and collaboration between writers across the different media and with artists in other disciplines.
To liaise and cooperate with local, national, regional and international bodies involved in the funding, promotion, distribution and development of writing.
To promote members’ publications, both nationally and internationally.
To promote and protect freedom of expression.
Vigorously publicize the association in any news and entertainment media both local and international as well as relevant online websites.
Initiate the Association of a yearly ‘Awards Nite,’ during which awards will be given to outstanding members of the association.
4. DEFINITIONS

In this Constitution,
Member means any person who is a signed-up Member of the Association as an Ordinary Member, or an Associate Member, or an Honorary Member.
Honorary Member is a distinguished individual, nominated by the Board, who serves as a patron of the Association.
Associate Member is either a group or Association, or an individual whose objectives are similar to those of the Association but who is not eligible for membership under any other category.
Branch means a group of Ordinary Members who have applied for and have been granted recognition as a Branch by the Annual General Meeting of the Association. Branches can only be formed outside Nigeria.
Zone. The six geopolitical zones within the country make out the six established Zones of the Association. Each zone is expected to elect three or four representatives to represent them at the official lunching of the association. The representatives shall be elected democratically, and there must be gender consideration during the election to ensure equal opportunity for both genders. To that effect, there must be at least one female representative in each zone.
Nigerian means a person who is a citizen of Nigeria, or a permanent resident, or who is ordinarily resident in Nigeria even if temporarily resident abroad at the time of joining.
Quorum means the presence of at least two-third of members.
Reached a quorum means that the presence of at least two-third of members shall be necessary for the disposal of any business at any meeting.
Pioneer members mean persons who joined during the application for registration.
Pioneers mean persons who co-initiated and shaped the founder’s idea towards realising the association. The following names are Pioneers in this Association:

Eke Christiana
Emma Ogiri C.
Ukachukwu Chidube George
Phoebe Ikechukwu
Samuel Ugbechie

Founder means the person who initiated the formation of the association. He is Ngozika A. Frank Nwiro.
Annual General Assembly means the association’s main summit is held once every twelve months.


5. MEMBERSHIP

a. Ordinary membership shall be open to all young Nigerian authors between the ages of 18 (eighteen) and 40 (forty) whose works could be in any language.
b. Associate membership shall be open to all Nigerian literary groups and/or writers’ Associations and to individuals of all ages;
c. The Founder and Pioneers have a Life Membership. This means that the age limit for termination of Ordinary Membership does not apply to their membership.
d. Honorary membership shall be extended to individuals subject to Members’ approval at the Annual General Meeting.

5.1. The membership registration fee shall be determined by a two-thirds’ majority of the Annual General Meeting at the recommendation of the Board of Management. All Members shall pay an annual subscription fee at the rate stipulated by the Annual General Meeting at the recommendation of the Board of Management. Default fee is N1000.00 or its foreign currency equivalent.
5.2. Registration shall involve the filling of the membership form, submission of a copy of one’s drama, prose or poetry and the provision of two passport photographs, all in an envelope, as well as payment of the default non-refundable N1000.00 registration fee or its equivalent in any foreign currency.
- Also, the Association’s website shall have a registration portal where prospective members can click and fill the membership form online and submit same but under the condition that provision be made for filling of teller number or credit card acceptance, without which the form cannot be submitted.
- Prospective members shall also be able to pay their registration fee at the bank, which will alert the Treasurer before their posted or emailed registration details get to him/her. The alert serves as verification that the prospective member has paid and is now eligible to be accepted as a member.
5.3. Any Member may resign from the Association by giving one month’s notice in writing of his or her intention to do so, and upon the expiration of such notice he or she shall cease to be a Member but shall remain liable for payment of arrears of subscription or other monies (if any) due by him or her to the Association at the time of resignation.
5.4. Any member who intentionally stays passive for a period of 3 months will be expelled indefinitely from the club without any warning. This is to checkmate inactiveness of people trooping into YAN to destroy the mission and vision. There is no room for passive members; every member must be active – financially, materially, physically, mentally and morally. So that anyone joining YAN will know that YAN is not a short-cut to success but a place where ambition is encouraged, where hard work is harnessed to form success

6. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

a. The affairs of the Association shall be administered by a Board of Management, which shall be elected every two years at the Annual General Meeting of the Association. The Board of Management shall be composed of no fewer than five and not more than eight members. It shall include a Chairperson, the President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and four (4) other board members.
b. The Board of Management shall have the power to co-opt the last two members of the board with the consent of these members. This helps to bring any member with needed expertise on a particular subject matter into the board when there is an urgent need for him/her to be brought in.
c. All Board members must be Members.
d. Office bearers shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting or with YAN’s online Electoral Voting Platform.

6.1. The Board of Management shall have the power to do all things necessary to carry out and promote the objectives of the Association, except such matters as are required by this Constitution to be submitted to a General Meeting of the Association. Without limiting the powers and duties of the Board of Management, they shall include the following:

a. To make, amend or rescind Regulations for the administration of the affairs of the Association, within the scope of this Constitution;
b. To appoint Committees from among its members or otherwise for such purpose and upon such terms as may be considered desirable (for ad hoc Committees, a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 members is allowed), and to delegate such powers thereof as may be necessary;
c. To summon, at any time, a General Meeting of the Association;
d. To open banking accounts in the name of the Association and to resolve the manner of operation of such accounts;
e. To play an advisory role in policy formulation, strategic planning, budgeting and programming;
f. To approve/disprove expenditure by the President for amounts not in the budget.
g. To meet at least twice a year in order to carry out the above functions.
6.2 The job descriptions of all Board Members are outlined hereunder:

a. The Chairperson…
i. Oversees board and executive/comittee meetings.
ii. Works in partnership with the President to make sure board resolutions are carried out.
iii. Calls special meetings if necessary.
iv. Appoints all committee chairpersons and with the President, recommend who will serve on Committees.
v. Assists President in preparing Agenda for Board meetings.
vi. Coordinates President’s Annual Performance Evaluation.
vii. Works with his Board to recruit additional three Board Members.
viii. Periodically consults with Board Members on their roles and helps them assess their performance.

b. The Secretary…
i. Attends all board meetings.
ii. Serves on the Executive Committee.
iii. Ensures the safety and accuracy of all board records.
iv. Review Board minutes.
v. Assumes responsibilities of the Chairperson in the absence of the Board Chairperson, President and Vice President.
vi. Assumes responsibilities of the President in the absence of the President and Vice President.
vi. Provides notice of meetings of the Board and/or of a c ommittee when such notice is required.
vii. Keeping a register of members (it shall be the responsibility of individual Members to ensure that the Association has their correct current contact details).

c. The Treasurer…
i. Attends all board meetings.
ii. Serves on the Executive Committee.
iii. Serves as the Chairperson of the finance committee.
iv. Makes sure that appropriate financial reports are made available to the Board and Executive on a timely basis.
v. Collects membership subscriptions.
vi. Present the Annual Budget to the Board for approval.
vii. Review the annual audit and answer any member’s questions about the audit.

d. The Remaining Four Board Members…
i. Must attend all board meetings.
ii. Must serve as Chairpersons to various sub-committees (the Board Chairperson can also chair a subcommittee if he so wishes).


7. EXECUTIVE

7.1. The day to day administration of the Association shall be managed by the executive, which shall consist of the President, Vice President, Secretary (same as Board Secretary, see job description ), Treasurer (Same as Board Treasurer), Public Relations Officer and the three Zonal Coordinators for the South-West, North-Central and South-East Zones of the country.

7.2. The President shall be a member of the Board and his duties and responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

a. To work with the Board in devising policy formulation, strategic planning, budgeting and programming, and to liaise with the funders in the development of budgets and programmes;
b. Developing the membership through planning and organising events that meet members’ needs such as workshops and seminars, and travelling to meet authors’ groups, or to academic institutions, within and outside the country;
c. Liaising with important national institutions and stakeholders, attending conferences and symposia and, where necessary, making presentations;
d. Organising and facilitating Board meetings, taking minutes, writing reports and circulating information to Board Members, and drafting reports, leaflets, articles, papers or memoranda as may be required for presentation by YAN or for the management and administration of YAN;
e. The President shall be accountable to the Board of Management in relation to his or her duties and responsibilities in administering the Association.

The duties of the Vice President shall be to assist the President
in the day to day administration of the Association as well as to stand in his absence during any meeting of the Association.
The Zonal Coordinators will assist the Association in reaching
out to new members in their respective zones as well as spreading the gospel of YAN.

8. MEETINGS

8.1 The Association shall hold Annual General Meetings of Members once a year and Zonal/Branch meetings once every four months. The Annual General Meeting shall exercise the necessary powers for the promotion of the aims and objectives of the Association, and the Chairperson of the Board of Management shall preside over the Meeting.
8.2 The Annual General Meeting shall elect the Board of Management as and when such elections may become due.
8.3 Special meetings may be called by the EXECUTIVE in consultation with the Chairperson of the Board of Management.
8.4 A General Meeting may pass resolutions, and decide on the date and venue of the next Annual General Meeting.
8.5 Sixty per cent (60%) of Ordinary Members present or represented by their proxies shall constitute a quorum at a General Meeting. If the number of Ordinary Members present at a General Meeting is insufficient to constitute a quorum, then it shall be in the discretion of the Board of Management to adjourn the meeting or to continue. Only Ordinary Members or their proxies shall be entitled to vote at a General Meeting. Decisions at a General Meeting shall be taken by a simple majority of Ordinary Members or their proxies present and voting.
8.6 Any Ordinary Member who intends to send a proxy to represent him or her at a General Meeting shall notify the Board of Management in writing of such intention.
8.7 All members of the board of management must agree for there to be a summoning of a General Meeting, but for Special or Emergency General Meetings, it must be 2/3 majority of the board members.


9. PROCEDURE PRIOR TO AND AT MEETINGS

9.1 At least twenty-one days before the date of the Annual General Meeting, the President shall give notice to the Board of Management and to Members of the Association of the date, time and venue of the meeting.
9.2 In such notice, the President shall call for nominations, if applicable, for persons to serve on the Board of Management of the Association and for any resolution or any specific matter to be considered thereat.
9.3 Nominations for persons to serve on the Board of Management or notice of any resolutions to be considered at the Annual General Meeting may be made by any Member and shall be given in writing to the President fourteen (14) days before the date of the Annual General Meeting.
9.4 Seven (7) days before the date of the Annual General Meeting the President shall send to the members of the Board of Management and to Members of the Association:
a. The agenda for the meeting;
b. The minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting and of any other General Meetings of which the minutes have not already been confirmed at a General Meeting;
c. A copy of the Financial Statement for the past financial year and a proposal for a budget for the coming financial year;
d. Names of nominees for members of the Board of Management (if applicable);
e. Notice of any resolution which has been proposed for adoption thereat and/or any specific matter which has been proposed for consideration thereat.

9.5 No resolution or specific matter of which notice has not been given shall be put to the vote at the Annual General Meeting, provided that it shall be competent for the Chairperson at his or her discretion to allow any amendment of the wording of the resolution to be moved notwithstanding that notice has not been given of the intention to move such amendment.
9.6 The Secretary shall take minutes of the proceedings of the Annual General Meetings and shall circulate these to all Members within thirty (30) days after the Annual General Meeting.
9.7 At any General Meeting a Member entitled to vote and unable to be present may be represented for voting purposes by another Member provided a proxy signed by the absent Member is filed with the President before any vote is cast under its authority.
9.8 Save as is otherwise provided by this Constitution, all resolutions put to an Annual General Meeting shall be passed and shall be held valid and effectual if carried by a majority of votes cast.
9.9 Voting at the Annual General Meeting shall be by show of hands unless a poll is demanded by a majority of the Ordinary Members present and entitled to vote. The Chairperson shall have a casting vote.
9.10 Save as is otherwise provided by this Constitution, or by a direction given at any prior Annual General Meeting or General Meeting, the proceedings at the Annual General Meeting shall be concluded in such a manner as the Chairperson may determine.


10. BRANCHES

10.1 Any group of Ordinary Members in any other country/province who wish to establish themselves as a Branch of the Association may make written application to the President for registration.
10.2 After the President has approved such application, the Branch members shall elect a committee consisting of a Chairperson, a Treasurer and not more than two more members to act as their executive.
10.3 The committee shall have the autonomy to draw up its own Regulations to assist its day to day administrative functions. Such Regulations will be subject to approval by the President.
10.4 The Branch Chairperson shall call branch Annual General Meetings prior to the National Annual General Meeting, and shall submit the minutes thereof to the National Annual General Meeting at least a month prior to it.
10.5 It shall be in the discretion of the President to allocate funds to duly registered Branches on an ad hoc basis, or in proportion to the membership fees paid by Members who belong to such a Branch. However, branches will be advised to seek funds elsewhere whenever there’s a pressing need for this.

11. FINANCIAL MATTERS

11.1 The Board of Management shall keep proper books of account with respect to the assets and liabilities of the Association, and sums of money received and spent.
11.2 The funds shall be under the administration of the President and the authority of the Treasurer.
11.3 The finances of the Association shall be subject to annual independent audits. The Board of Management shall present the Association’s audited financial statements to the Annual General Meeting.

12. INCOME, PROPERTY AND MONIES

12.1 The income, property and monies of the Association, from whatsoever source derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objectives of the Association as set forth in this Constitution and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of profit to any Member.
12.2 Nothing contained in sub-clause 12.1 shall preclude the payment to Members of travel, subsistence or out-of-pocket expenses, allowances or other remuneration for services rendered by them to or on behalf of the Association.

13. FINANCIAL YEAR OF THE ASSOCIATION

The financial year of the Association shall run from the first day in January to the last day in December of the same year.

14. BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

Books of account of the Association shall be kept by the Treasurer and such books, with all other papers and documents connected with or relating to the business or the affairs of the Association, shall at all times be accessible to the Board of Management, and a statement of the financial affairs of the Association shall be prepared annually.

15. BANKING ACCOUNT

15.1 All monies paid to the Association shall, as soon as possible after receipt, be deposited with a Bank and shall be withdrawn from time to time as may be required.
15.2 All cheques or forms of withdrawal shall be signed and endorsed by such persons as may be authorized by the Board of Management from time to time. There must be 3 (three) Signatories to the Association’s Bank Account at any given time.


16. REGULATIONS AND RULINGS

16.1 The Regulations and Rulings issued by the Board of Management shall be binding upon Members.
16.2 In case of doubt as to the meaning of the Regulations and Rulings the interpretation of the Board of Management shall be binding until such time as the Association may otherwise determine at a General Meeting.

17. INDEMNITY

17.1 Every Member of the Board of Management and of any committee acting on behalf of the Association shall be entitled to recompense for any reasonable cost or expense incurred on behalf of the Association or in the execution of his or her office, except where such cost or expense is incurred by his or her wilful act in default of his or her duty.
17.2 Neither the Association nor any Member thereof shall be liable for any loss or misfortune sustained by any Member as referred to in paragraph 17.1 where such loss or misfortune is not a concomitant part of his or her duty.
17.3 Subject to the responsibility of the Association as set out in paragraph 17.1, no Member of the Association shall be answerable for any act or default of any other Member save insofar as complicity would, in law, render any such Member answerable.

18. AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION
Proposed amendments to the Constitution may be made by an Ordinary Member and submitted in writing to the President at least sixty (60) days prior to the meeting at which it is to be tabled. The Constitution may be amended by the vote of not less than 75% of the Ordinary Members present and voting (or their proxies) at a duly convened and quorate Annual General Meeting.

19. DISSOLUTION

The Association may be dissolved by the vote of not less than 75% of the Ordinary Members present and voting at a duly convened and quorate Extraordinary General Meeting. When the Association is wound up or dissolved, any assets remaining after all its liabilities have been met must be transferred to another voluntary association, trust or other body which qualifies as a non-profit association in terms of the definition recorded in the relevant Nigerian laws having objectives similar to the main objectives of the Association.


This Constitution was approved and accepted by members of YAN at an Annual General Meeting held on ……………….

On behalf of the Members:




Signed………………………………………………………





Signed………………………………………………………





Signed………………………………………………………





Signed……………………………………………………….





Signed……………………………………………………….

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DailyNews: Peaceworld, I am sorry for the mix up. But then, going by the structure you outlined above, we will be having too many offices conflicting each other. Why not we go like this:

Board
1. Chairperson
2. President
3. Vice President
4. Treasurer
5. Secretary
6. PRO
7. 3 Coordinators

Which means in all we will be having 9 board members, whereby the Chairperson acts as the head of the board and the president the head of the executive arm? Or you can throw more light on your structure, but pls let the number of post not exceed 9 pls. 9 is even much, but lets try and go with it for now. When explaining, pls try and gather all the post together so we can know who is who and how many offices we have in all. Thanks man, pls don't give up with your hard work towards ensuring YANs progress, we do appreciate and owe you.

Om second tut, we can merge the secretarial post as well as the treasurer. That brings it down to just 11 positions...
Board
1. Chairperson
2. President (ex officio)
3. Secretory
4. Treasurer
5. 2 addtnal mmbrs (2 remainin to b appointed by board)
Xecutiv
1. President
2. VP (their sec and treasurer also workin for d board)
3. PRO
4. 3 Zonal Coordinators.

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DailyNews: Peaceworld, I am sorry for the mix up. But then, going by the structure you outlined above, we will be having too many offices conflicting each other. Why not we go like this:

Board
1. Chairperson
2. President
3. Vice President
4. Treasurer
5. Secretary
6. PRO
7. 3 Coordinators

Which means in all we will be having 9 board members, whereby the Chairperson acts as the head of the board and the president the head of the executive arm? Or you can throw more light on your structure, but pls let the number of post not exceed 9 pls. 9 is even much, but lets try and go with it for now. When explaining, pls try and gather all the post together so we can know who is who and how many offices we have in all. Thanks man, pls don't give up with your hard work towards ensuring YANs progress, we do appreciate and owe you.

OK sir, but 12 is not too much o (removin vice chairperson). That way, comitees can b formed in the board n capable hands given the reigns of these subcmtees. It's like a checkmate for all d work we hv put into this, n it helps put more YAN hands on deck. Besides, the board helps clarify issues with the president n d executive president can work better if he has his own secretary n treasurer. THE PRESIDENT'S TREASURER WILL B THE BOARD'S TREASURER'S ASSISTANT. IN THAT WAY, CONSISTENCY IN THEIR RECORDS IS MAINTAINED.

DailyNews: Peaceworld, I am sorry for the mix up. But then, going by the structure you outlined above, we will be having too many offices conflicting each other. Why not we go like this:

Board
1. Chairperson
2. President
3. Vice President
4. Treasurer
5. Secretary
6. PRO
7. 3 Coordinators

Which means in all we will be having 9 board members, whereby the Chairperson acts as the head of the board and the president the head of the executive arm? Or you can throw more light on your structure, but pls let the number of post not exceed 9 pls. 9 is even much, but lets try and go with it for now. When explaining, pls try and gather all the post together so we can know who is who and how many offices we have in all. Thanks man, pls don't give up with your hard work towards ensuring YANs progress, we do appreciate and owe you.

OK sir, but 12 is not too much o (removin vice chairperson). That way, comitees can b formed in the board n capable hands given the reigns of these subcmtees. It's like a checkmate for all d work we hv put into this, n it helps put more YAN hands on deck. Besides, the board helps clarify issues with the president n d executive president can work better if he has his own secretary n treasurer. THE PRESIDENT'S TREASURER WILL B THE BOARD'S TREASURER'S ASSISTANT. IN THAT WAY, CONSISTENCY IN THEIR RECORDS IS MAINTAINED.

DailyNews: You guys just made my evening. you won't beleive that since this boko haram attack peer-headed by Emyo, lol, started, I have been so afraid to visit this thread cos I was always afraid of what I would read, Lolz...thank God we have peace again, this shows that YAN is going to be so great, pls lets all join hands in guarding this our precious baby so people don't steal her away from us o pls. That said, I want to welcome phiozy back again, the devil is a liar, we will never lose a member in the course of this struggle, and all of us will match gloriously together to success. Sunical, God will continue to increase your wisdom, you are good guy. Emyo, the latest terrorist leader and militant commando, remember America now have your name listed among the most wanted persons on earth, lol...so more than a thousand CIA/FBI & Mozart agents are following you, beware, lolz...okay, okay, jokes apart now. I want to welcome us all to this new week of divine favors and grace, our schedule still holds even though it had been altered a bit in the course of trying to resolve the recent misunderstanding we had, but now, we can move on smoothly like before, pls let everyone take away grudges and what have u.

Once again, I do not want to interfere with the duties of our now electoral chairman, in the person of Emma Ogiri, a.k.a. Emyo. I would therefore invite him to give a rundown of the various posts we should be electing members to fill in. But for the sake of reminder, let me help him with an intro.

YAN leadership will be in the form of a board, with the chairperson as its head and the president heading the executive arm. This is to engage more members to be active and to also ensure fairness in leadership. The board will comprise of:

0. Chairperson
1. The President
2. The Vice President
3. The Treasurer
4. Secretary
5. Public Relations Officer (PRO for publicity and image packaging)
6. Coordinator 1 (SE/SS)
7. Coordinator 2 (SW)
8. Coordinator 3 (North)

Contestant fees will be made known tomorrow.

Note: all contestants must be fully registered, which means they must have paid their 1000naira registration fee. Again they must pay they contestant fee before their names can be shortlisted for campaigning and voting. Pls Emyo take note. All payments should be made through our ad hoc acct. before the given date, which Emyo will come later to elaborate.

We need more members to participate in the election both as electorates and elected...pls begin now to mobilize your friends to join and to also participate in the election because these people are the people that will determine the fate of YAN in the next few weeks or month. So vote wisely and I assure you all that the election will be free and fair. I really dream of seeing YAN dominate the Nigerian literary industry and even beyond if only we do it well now. Pls don't be discourage by what happened here some time ago, it is normal with every great movement, so lets all put that aside and match on again as one. If you are a guest and you love what we are doing, pls join us in spreading this good news cos it will really sell the image of Nigeria and also save so many dreams that would have died unnoticed! Goodevening all!

Oga DailyNews, abeg a little correction here o...we're muddlin ds up o...Positions avlbl for d election are...
BOARD
1. Chairperson
2. Vice Chairperson
3. Board Secretary
4. Board Treasurer
5. 3 other members

EXECUTIVE
1. President (also a board member)
2. Vice President
3. PRO
4. Secretary
5. Treasurer
6. The three zonal coordinators.
So sorry for the delay in puttin up this today. Working round the clock in order to accomodate their job descriptions in the constitution. My Sunday hasn't bn easy o...
Speakin with support from the constitution, abeg o...over to you, Mr. Electoral Umpire...

sunical: Hello All,

Update on the Voting Platform - http://wikicolumn.com/yan/

- Emyo is our Electoral Officer and can choose any non-contesting member(s) to work with him. He currently has administrative privileges over the portal. He can activate and deactivate any member, begin and end voting, release and withhold results, and email all registered member with the click of a button. These are all possible through the Voting Platform.

- He will email everyone the criteria to vie for a position and vote for a candidate.

- In the meantime, except he has another plan on ground, every member of YAN should go to http://wikicolumn.com/yan/, click on "Register to Vote" and register with the platform, then await his activation.

You all will be kept posted.

Thanks.

Will be adding job descriptions of all the positions in our association into the constitution. Will paste the entire constitution on this thread tomorrow after I have done this. Emyo, I'll need you to use that your law sagacity this time for a good end. After I paste this new draft here, highlight changes you feel should be made after this in the next post you will make. Please be specific so that I can know where to go. Changing those dots, but really, bros, you could hav just called me when you had issues burning within you...we could have settled it all without all the fuz dt just went down...

Emyo: Omo c biafra war on Nairaland. Joor o. Were Awolowo d? He want to die out of laughter b4 u c.ome save 9ja? Kai Mtn una no try at all. wel it is what it is, i ve put my points accros, but my chioce of words was bad. Gowon, ojukwu na ur brother is jux dat what u drafted cant b called a constitution. Like i said 'association' and 'organisation' used interchangeably in a legal context is flaw to d sight of legal learned bulldozer. To prove my point goto http://le.utah.gov/documents/LDM/draftingManual.html and check out were consistency of words was treated wel please u and everybody should check dat website above and giv me d feedback. Incase u co.me accross any Nigerian Legal Method check out for this topic, legal reasoning in legislation, if u coo.me accros d 1 edited by Abiola Sanni check page 208, consistency of terms is very important. Goto any library u wil find d book.
Peaceworld u fear too much. I knw y u frowning, Emyo is about to take d glory of d effort u laboured 4 months...no, i swear wit my exams, i cheerish u 4 who u are. But didnt Chioma tel u during our meeting in enugu, that we should cum up wit what luks more of a constitution? Other wise she told u that what we ve is jux a draft and no constitution!. I respected d draft, i tuwaled to ur efforts...but it wil b an insult to me if i don't restructure d draft into a legal taste. I agree wit u, dat my grammers may b wrong, but i expected u to do justice to it, jux like i did d legal expect of d justice to d formal draft. Lol, simple. Well peaceworld like i said, my chioce of words in the correction was bad, but my point is, d constitution is a per incuriam to learned colleques. joor, @peaceworld, i dnt attack u, but u always fail to understand me. Am i 1 of my kind? I love u. Am sowi dear, if my correction is an aberration to ur persons. Am sowi. Now i jux finished my last work emyo answers to peaceworld FEAR- to whom it concerns. its a wikiliki. Lol. Now, i didnt use my kind of words or expression of dismay but like i said, it is a sweet wikiliki capable likiliki frm N.L day 1, and Whatsapp Genesis. Lol. The types of collins fun time again. Make una retain arms 4 election proces o...so we have u al since, na when uselex kazala bust una wa b spectator go turn cometator. Hahaha talk election. Let my works done and on it way, not distract u or carry us away. It jux a preponderance of facts. I love peaceworld. He has Fear!

Speechless. OK. Will visit the site, but please you will have to modify all those posts you made up there n remove all those insulting remarks you channeled towards me. It doesn't help YAN's progress at all.

Uniquexty: Am i in the right thread? Ushers stand behind me, i'm falling

How r u, dear...very funny post indeed...na Emyo dey put spanner for our wheel...if we have left this constitution to him to draft, na broken grammer him go take scatter YAN! Imagine you dont know the meaning of a word, yet you go ahead and use it cuz it makes you sound more learned... What kind of a human being is that fella? Mmmmmmhhh....

Emyo: Thank God dailynews have opened the floor again towards the betterment of yan in respect of the constitution.
I have hereby come up with what i will call 40 absurdities or sins in the proposed Yan constitution
i never did created a second draft out of discrinate isolation. mind you, it was your draft and not the draft now i never ignored your draft. what are you saying.
I did improve on your draft, using ideas posted here and the initiators idea compiled with those sent to our email. I expected this 2nd draft you cal to be worked upnn and sent to dailynews by peaceworld, emyo, uniqesty and all who can. Afterward sent to dailynews who wil send us d final draft b4 we al adopt it.
1 its an abysmal of legal draft, the right tin is...
If any other law, is inconsistent with the provisions of this constitution, this constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall to the extent of the inconsistency be void.
2 it is an association. Where d hell is organisation from. 3 lie! What is common law. It is cooperate affairs comission Act. Then d date.
4 the above has no connection with the section which is supposed to be talking about establishement authourity.
5 men, it is 'association' and not organisation, and again diz topic does not fall under section 2, which you started as the establishment authority.
6 in a constitution, you don't use the phrase 'in due course', its a legal blunder. Such can only be allowed in a memoradum of association. 'in due course' is a prograsive phrase whil has no end.
7 this is a very ambigious expression. Young AUTHORS OF NIGERIAN'S goal covering even the oyibos outside nigeria enh.
8 the word Whelther is a Vague word, which is prohibited within such legal context. Again Dailynews, wil u accept submit that have been printed-published or those that are yet to be printed.9 lie! ANA E.T.C

10this not part of the goals, the sections lacks secmentary representation as d section deviates into a memoradum of association. 11 Vague! dailynews which info, yan wan com share na b.b.c?.
13the whole of the goals were jamparked. Nobody can quote it, incase of times, when you want to refer to a particular goal, how do u do it.
Check the constitution well, i can see two section 2 in the place of Names and Goals.
13 under what section is diz sir.
14 how do i qoute a dot.
15 how many time do we have goals in a constitution, Dublicating Error. Say only objectives. 16 how c.ome no short-term, we co.me d c long term.
17dailynews please be explicit about diz compound word please. Me dunno o.18 like what assitance, monetary assitance? Okay, Yan please assist me o, my relationship is breaking up o.


Wait 4 part 2.

Emyo, hope you're ready for this? Here goes...
1. I never did created a second draft out of discrinate isolation. Lafing in Chinese...
2. I did improve on your draft. Yep...with broken grammer!
3. How can DailyNews send us a final draft before we all adopt it? Thought you knew the guy by now? He's not dictatorial?
4. It's an abysmal of legal draft... Abeg talk small small? I lifted the part you corrected here from your own constitution, so guess you were correcting yourself here...
5. Again, association and organization mean one and the same thing...
6. There's nothing like CAC Act. It's Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990, so you were wrong as well.
7. Please do I need to repeat the association/organisation relationship again?
8. Have noted 'in due course' used in many other constitutions, so what r u saying?
9. 'this is a very ambigious expression. Young AUTHORS OF NIGERIAN'S goal covering even the oyibos outside nigeria enh.' This is a very shameful example of the rage eating you. Are you that blind to what was said here?
10. Saw nothing wrong in saying 'whether their works appear in print or not.' Remmbr we are helping them get published in the first place?
11. Yes, it's Nigeria's first association catering for young authors alone! Emyo please be proud of what we intend doing here for once!
12. Don't even want to go into that your BBC tirade...you really showed your ignorance there...
Couldn't type it all rt here because you really showed your ignorance in that write up...YAN should be grateful that she has you, but the manner you go about exhibiting what you know (and what you think you know) leaves much to be desired. Thanks to you, I have stopped working on new ways to promote YAN because of something I thought was long past....mmmmstchewwwwwwww......

DailyNews: My brother, what else do I have to say, other than what u rightfully said in your previous post? tell me? See, when I woke up this morning with YAN on ma mind, the first issue I addressed on YAN wassap group was this same issue, and it was as if God was speaking through you at the same time He spoke through me on our wassap group. I have done everything beyond my capacity to ensure peace and harmony reigns bw the duo, all to no avail. This worried me to the extent that I picked up my phone last night and dialled peaceworld to ask if he was a lawyer or a law student cos Emyo is, which may be the cause of their frequent opposition to each ones opinion, but peaceworld confirmed to my greatest amazement that he is not, so I wondered if they knew before now, and still no...I don't really understand what the problem could be. on several occasions I have spoken to Emyo to pls n pls try and accomodate people even in their flaws, and he always promised me he will but to no avail. For chrissake, how can we expect a baby that just learned how to walk to start running the same day? is it possible? YAN is a new born baby struggling to stand and we expect it to start running like a teenager, how pls? Nigeria as a nation that has existed for over 50 years is still struggling with whether the constitution should be amended or not, so why do we expect our constitution to be 100% perfect at this onset without even running a trial to see how the things we stipulated in the constitution would work or not, thats totally absurd I must say it. Our having members who happens to be experienced in law and legal matters shouldn't be a curse but instead a blessing, so why are we ignorantly killing a baby we jointly raised? why? pls and pls, Emyo you need to come publicly here and apologize to peaceworld and peaceworld you do same and u guys must finally embrace each other with honesty and sincerity of heart. Don't we love God at all? don't we fear God? don't we read our scripture and what have you? don't we know that without peace there won't progress and lastly a NAGGING WIFE IS WORST THAN A PROSTITUTE WIFE! Happy weekend lovely people!

This is strange cuz I never started ds. I'm not the one insulting anybody. You don't go about insulting people just because you're reading law ( 1st year). That's not d way to progress when you're working with others. Simply point out errors from the draft constitution with your law knowledge and I will take it all in. Is that not what I said? The first thing he did was to put forward his own draft, hence sidelining the draft I labored on for a month. Where was he, being the law student he is, when we were talking of drafting a constitution? OK, we then settled the second draft issue...and suddenly, out of nowhere, this new madness came up. Emyo, is it that difficult to table your corrections to the constitution without insults? I think I owe you no apology. I have never insulted you or anybody here, and BTW, 'organization' and 'association' are interchangeable....hope you have a dictionary with you, or try it on MS Word...a pity you were so blinded with rage that you failed to note your blunders as you mapped out your sins in the constitution...about those sins...thanks for the few errors you rightfully pointed out, but really, did you have to insult me while doing this? That was very very shameful of you...since you don't know that ORGANIZATION and ASSOCIATION are interchangeable, don't you think that points out one clear fact? That we're all down to earth, error-prone human beings? No? OK...will point out your errors for you in my next post, titled, THE SINS OF EMYO'S FIVE HUNDRED AND SOMETHING SINS OF THE CONSTITUTION...even a thirteen year old can do this, trust me...

Emyo, this is why you shuldn't do things on your own and alone. Most of the sins u pointed out in the constitution are very laughable. Will reply this your tirade asap.

Emyo, this is why you shuldn't do things on your own and alone. Most of the sins u pointed out in the constitution are very laughable. Will reply this your tirade asap.

lukejd: hmmmmm.......wat a pity n shame 4 our 2 b leaders. Dese r prsns who r showin interest in propellin d wheels f dis assoc. Wat a shame! I must sincerely say dt i am irritated wit all dese exhibitions f pride n contempt by emmy n peaceworld. 4 God's sake its high tym we spoke sense in2 u ppl. Are u guys jst d only ones on YAN? Are u d only ones whom ur opinions r being counterd on YAN ? Was it nt jst recently almost d whole huz attackd d founder f dis assoc.over d idea f coordinator? Wat did he do? Did he fight?did he kill anibodi? Did dis stop him 4rm being d founder f dis assoc.? Did it emmy n peaceworld ans mi? Y cnt we learn 4rm dis amiable young man? Y? Y is it dt ur case is diff.? D truth is if ani1 hia is afraid f telln u guys mi am goin 2 do it. I wnt u guys 2 knw dt it is high tym u ppl undastnd dt YAN is nt all abt u guys so i wnt u guys 2 stop flauntin ur pride hia. D truth is dia r a million ppl who knw more dan u guys knw. Y cnt u guys jst b humble 4 once? Pls daily news i wnt u 2 have faith in dis dream. I wnt u 2 knw dt no1 can eva scuttl d dreams f dis assoc.because d God whom have given u dis idea will also gv u all d resources u nid 2 mk dis a reality. I repeat all d resources u nid 2 mk dis hpn n dis wc also includes ppl. Mr Daily news sir, i tink we'v longd respctd dese guys n it is tym we nid 2 mk dem undastnd dt wat dey r doin is only acts f indiscipline. Daily news n et al...pls lets stop makn ppl fil dey r d most importnt. Whoeva fils he or she is 2 big 4 d assoc.dt prsn shud kindly leave YAN n c if we wil stop xistn. We av drims dt r more dn d conventional quarrels u guys r always putin up.
YAN wil grow! YAN wil rock! N YAN wil cum 2 stay witout u guys so pls abeg mk una swallow una pride abeg...
And pls dis is an angle we nid 2 focus our attentn 2. We must luk 4 ways 2 start curbn futher acts f indiscipline as such wc r only liable 2 halt our progress y we wait 4 our constitution. Tnks....

Simply put, dear, no one has d right to insult any other person in public. Even if you disagree with the person. We've been disagreeing for a long time now, but I'v nevr insulted him. Just put fwd what u dont like abt d constitution. Is dt too hard to do without spiting on the same person you want to take in your corrections? So this is not about pride, gosh...I'v bn humble enuf to work with evry othr person here. This guy is just too impossible d way he goes abt insulting me. Someone who keeps hatin cuz he doesn't hav everything his way...so pathetic.

pearl~hapi:
just calm down sha[for the sake of outsiders and also YAN aspirants]like I said talk to him one on one or better still on whatsapp!I think its cool that way,pele

Will do my best. This laughable dude isn't worth my time...:|

pearl~hapi:
peacewolrd abeg its ok!emyos actions really is pathetic and I feel sad myself cos I least expected all of these from him.even when I tried talking to him privately on whatsapp it was almost a war.well this is no time for you to brood over he's comments or get sad•since he's your friend I think you should just talk to him on a one one basis and know exactly what he's issues with the constitution is[he seems to be against the constitution from a to z,]maybe he has he's reasons and tank God u guys are pals[mkes it easier and remember its yan we all are trying to build

Is he rlly my friend? Seriously doubting dt...friends dont use the language he used up there.... Will look into the issues he brought up, but I'm seriously apalled by this. Sunical, Emyo has shown he can't be an unbiased umpire in his own words. I think our election won't be free and fair if he regulates it...wow...this is a guy I tot I knew...you dont insult pple like this just bcause you think you're better than them...do you know I'm currently editing the novels of Netty Ejike, ANA's Enugu Chairperson? In addition to other works I'm reviewing, I'm working on Frank Anozie's Cyber Lover for some time now. You can call him yourself and ask him what he thinks of me 08027410988
You think I'm just a dude you happened to come upon? So pathetic...wow...even if the constitution ws adopted as it now is, it can still be amended...this...this is nauseatin...

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Emyo: 19 na the defination of Branch inter-woof with zones? Sotal, it flowed into elections of representatives? Legal luminary joor o.
20. where did those bold names c.ome from. No be you define Pioneers? Who com.e be Pioneer Members, i and uniqesty registered those bolded names. So how co.me.?
The pioneers are Eke christiana -uniquesty,
Emma Ogiri C. -Emyo
Dailynews, is the founder.

21even M.S word will underline such expression.
It is...
K. Annual General Assembly means the association's summit. Which holds ones within the period of twelve months.
22.copy cat, were is the functions to see...
23.
Copy cat, see phrasal inconsistency, always using differanted phrase to mean same expression in legal draft is abysmal,
24 na members d approve honorary members? What is the voting percentage. Ambiquity.
25. is - a section? How do i quote a sign?
26.
Absurd. Who is 'any member'? What is the 'force' or how do we collect how wat is within d 'any member' possesion, cuz i knw post holder d o.
27.
This is a luphole, the board of management no co.me get limitation of power, coz 4.1 didnt state it out.
28 make una c lacuna o. What was the defination of general meeting. Now he says summon at any time..
29.account or accounts.
30. appoint? Shu,
31. i cant stop laughing. Now who approves d budget, were is it written?
Read that again, and c d legal constructional blunder, the meanin of the above is that the board of management has no right or what so ever to disapprove the expenditure not in the budget.
23.who are staff members. Who appoints members of the presidancy. We have.
.1. Board management.
2. Executives and again the Presidency. Hahahahaha
33 this is high per-incuriam, absurd. The above in the constitution na 1 of d function of d presidency, na presidency d collect subscriptions
34
On whoes account? Hahahaha whoes approval? How do all benefit from that.
35. joor o. Legal drafter. Were secretary job dey. Y not be explicit about functions.
36.yan una don suffer. Omo, discretion?
37.what is authority? Later una go d blame d treasurer ebi?

I d cum joor. Wait 4 part 3.

Wow...for someone I've seen in person, you really don't deserve my respect anymore. Pity you think you can put forward your corrections with the language I'm seeing here. Pity. It's like you've really got this pent up anger towards me. I'm just trying to make things better. If you rlly wanted to help initially, you shuld hv pointed all this out when I was askin for it, not presenting it in this way as well. And they say you'll be the electoral umpire? This shows ur alrdy biased towards me...I'm so ashamed of having ever known you... So sad...you really think you knw me cuz you've seen me just once. You dont knw who you befriended the day you met me. You don't even know what I was planning to do for you. Reread my posts here on NL over the years and you will know who you think you're messing up here. Back in Nigeria cuz my Mom had stroke n my sister ordered me to stay back. Emyo, you've really done it this time.