OPEN | LETTER TO THE

LGH BOARD —

‘As a. nominee . from: the
floor to. the Board | of:
Directors. at the recent.

Annual General Meeting of chooses its’ members from

within a- select group of
friends, relatives and former —
7 members, and the vote of.the |
7 ‘society. as a ‘whole is

‘the North and. West Van-

couver . Hospital: Soceity, -I Le
have some observations Sand”

questions.

“Everyone is aware ‘that oo
1004 applications for mem- ~~
bership to the Society from |

- non-residents were received
on August 20, 1978. The
Board eventually discovered

that these people ‘would: be | |
denied. voting ‘tights if the.

annual meeting proceeded as
planned on Sept. 20, 1978.

Because these applicants

applied in good. faith, the

Board graciously moved the.
Annual meeting date to Sept... -

27, 1978. Now, I. am
wondering why the Board
was so considerate of such a
large non-resident group, a
group larger than the resi-
dent. membership? .

‘As a result. of | accepting
these . members, everyone:

attending ‘the. meeting was —

faced with running. the

; gauntlet of pro-abortion.

signs,. people promoting pro-
-abortion literature and others

selling « ‘a: left-wing . news- —
paper. I wonder show the.

Board members. ‘and ‘the
resident members felt as-he

or. she approached the ~
entrance to Carson Graham

School! :

In addition, a paper was
being ‘handed out with the
names of those nominated by
the Board of Directors, with
the directive to vote for these
names and. also to vote
“tyes” on ' the. residency
requirement. Did: a Board
member give these names to
this’ non-resident group?
This is certainly one way to
decide an election before it
has even taken place. No one
‘nominated from the floor, no
matter how well qualified,
was to be even considered.

During the meeting one of
the candidates nominated by
the Board made a statement

‘to the effect that there was .

no piace on the Hoard ior
members of a specific inter-
est group. Do all the

members of the Board concur _

with this siatement? Ai ihe
same time it would a pear
that the Board. ha

objection to the large number
of non-residents who belong
to a specific interest group,
casting their votes in favor of
the Board. I would like to
know why a concerned

citizen and taxpayer of the .

North Shore, who has partic-

ular talents and abilities, and _

is willing to serve, ‘should

find that he or she has no.

place on the Board because
of his. or her principles or
moral convictions.

. Another matter that: con-
cerned me was the new draft
of the Constitution and
By-Laws. All future mem-
bers of the Society must be
residents of West Vancou-
ver, North Vancouver Dis-

trict or City. What happens —

to the present non-resident
members? As they are
presently members in good
Standing do they continue to

be members for -as long as
-. they, pay their dues?

If so, North Shore. resi-.
dents, your, hospital i is in-the —
hands ‘ of a | Board’ that —

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-_ who have no interest whatso-

ever in Lions Gate Hospital, .

- except to elect a Board which |
they consider pro-abortion (a.

specific. interest group?)

Think about it!

(Mrs.) Robert Il. Leduc
North Vancouver

“controlled by non-residents |

"Dear Editor: -

At the General Meeting of

Lion’s .Gate. Hospital on
September 27 one of. the

Board © ‘members, | Mr. Mc-

Crea, spoke of not imposing

‘personal — ideals on the

‘public. It seems to me: that —
personal ideals were very:
much imposed on the whole

North Shore at this meeting.

The room was packed with —
people from’ ‘outside © the

Sectionals, sofas, love seats, and chairs
. in a wide selection of colors, fabrics and

North © Shore » for the ' ‘sole . heat
purpose of voting : in pro-

‘abortionists." ne
Carruthers just’. ‘mentioned. es
Respect for Life he. was: -—
hissed. Surely respect for life.
‘is the zai concem of any
hospital, or e. would:
me have much “confidence
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