Four Vancouver NPA board members resign, saying silence made party ‘irrelevant’
Posted July 24, 2020 12:39 pm.
Last Updated July 24, 2020 12:50 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Four members of Vancouver’s Non-Partisan Association’s board have resigned, saying the party hasn’t been doing as well as they hoped.
In a release, Jane Frost, Ginny Richards, Marie Rogers, and Corey Sue say the NPA board “lacks enthusiasm and energy” and has made the party irrelevant by remaining silent on major issues.
“We had hoped to be part of an organization that increased the NPA membership, strengthened communications with our current and future membership and prepared for the next election,” they say.
“However, we are lone voices on the board. We wanted an inclusive city and a party that embraces NPA membership.”
They say Vancouver has gone through “unprecedented upheaval” over the last four months, the board has been “silent and unremarkable.”
Calling this “beyond frustrating,” the members say they had tried to move the party into action, but were met with a lack of support by other members.
“Accordingly, it is with heavy hearts we tender our resignations as directors from the NPA Board even though we remain aligned to the NPA principles of civic activism and social values of the day.”
The board members are separate from the four elected NPA city councillors.
