Alan - Major General can not be attained via points alone - an officer must serve in a Division Command to attain that rank. Section 4.1 of the Club Rules details this.
My interpretation is that the CoA positions should be held by those who have served in a larger command capacity. Folks wishing to hold that position, as well as vote for it, should be dedicated, long standing members of the Club, as represented by the fact that they have A - served in a higher command position, either currently or at some point, AND B - have accumulated gaming type experience (aka points) that is central to why this Club exists.
This is not a knock on those folks who are contributing in a higher command early in their careers, a boat I was in, once upon a time. It's just a way to preserve and represent BOTH aspects of the Club - service and gaming, instead of potentially just one or the other.
Seems to be consistent with the rest of the framework of our Club as well.
For Tony - this change would allow those members who HAVE served and attained the rank, then stepped down for whatever reason to continue to have a vote in the running of their respective Army. The Rules as written currently don't allow any but sitting Army Commanders or higher from voting. So this is a great step in the right direction from my persective, and a good way to recognize peoples contributions, past AND present.
General Jeff Laub
Union Chief of the Army
ACWGC Cabinet Member
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