Our loyalty must be with our chapter president until proven otherwise


By Eli Barrolle
 

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     After 17 years of service to Mighty Barrolle Sports Association, of contributing financially, of honestly helping to formulate the current national Board of Barrolle, working diligently to build a bridge between Barrolle USA and the parent organization in Liberia, of meeting the responsibilities of helping to establish new chapters in most parts of the USA, I finally learned last week in Mr. Jay Wah’s video store that I am a traitor and unpatriotic because of the position I have taken against the national board of Mighty Barrolle Sports Association USA

    Since I believe it is our concern over what other say or think about us that imprison our mind, body and spirit, I felt reluctant to inject a personal defense against those charges by some members of this organization against me. However, calling me unpatriotic and a traitor creates such pain, confusion, and disruption in my life that has invoked this response and my reason for backing the decision of Mr. Sober’s administration.


     According to Peter Sober the president of the New York/New Jersey chapter, last year the national board borrowed money from all its chapters to sponsor the independence’s day game, after the game, all chapters were repaid with the exception of his chapter. He said there was other expenses incurred by the New York/New Jersey chapter that the board promised to reimburse before the game, but refused to pay after the game. This is grave injustice and inequality inflicted upon the NY/NJ chapter by the national board. How can I know about these allegations and don’t say or take a stand for justice? After all, I am the same person that openly spoke against Mr. Sober’s administration for not embracing and supporting the board during the early part of last year.


     Based on these allegations, I have unequivocally declared my support for the New York/New Jersey chapter to rescind or withdraw her membership from the national board, due to the lack of respect and insensitivity to this chapter and its members from the leaders of the national Barrolle board. (If these allegations are truth). Malcolm X once said “sitting at a dinner table with nothing on your plate, doesn’t make you a diner,” How can we be affiliated with a board that treats us unfairly? How can Mr. Sober’s administration honestly ask the membership of this chapter to continue supporting a board that is so unjust to his chapter?


     I must make this very clear; I still believe for us to succeed as chapters and to help the organization in Liberia, we do need a board. But I ‘m committed to a board that will unite all Barrolle chapters abroad, not one that brings about division. We must continue trying to organize a board that will treat all chapters with respect and dignity a true board that can be a bridge between chapters abroad and the parent organization in Liberia. We need a board, which is based on some self-interest for each chapter, and a common interest into which they merge. For a board to have permanence and loyal commitment from its different chapters each of them must have a goal from which it benefits and none must have an overlook in basic conflict with the others.


      I was asked why am I taking the words of Mr. Sober to be truth? Well, No matter what the president has alleged, there’s a process, and the final stage of this process is when the President gather all his facts and present it to the members in a general meeting. I am sure the president will validate these allegations when the general meeting is held. While we are waiting for the process, I have a moral obligation to support our chapter’s President Mr. Sober. Remember, you have to be a member of a local chapter before you can be part of the national board. Our loyalty must be with our chapter president until proven otherwise.

     Secondly, the presidency of Barrolle is permeated with trust and incorruptibility. The office of the President in our organization has embody virtues we respect, he has moral and ethical principles we applaud with an enthusiasm that enables us to rally support for him based on confidence and trust. That is the primary reason I must side with President Sober.


    At this point I should make it clear that while I am speaking for Mr. Sober, if these allegations are false, I will be in agreement with the constitution of Mighty Barrolle Sports Association USA that the best course of action for Mr. Sober will be for him to vacate the office of the presidency. If these allegations are brought about just to destroy the national board and for his own selfish reason, then he will be in violation of trust with the members of this chapter, he will then debase the office of the president, he will lose his moral credibility and, quite honestly, he will no longer be able to lead us. The members of NY/NJ chapter will ask for forgiveness from the board, and we’ll demand the resignation of Mr. Sober.