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Upcoming BRS elections - full elections Oct 2nd?
- Thread starter Greg Hiller
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Rob, we gotta move on and get past the all the bad feelings. Continuing it on the boards doesnt help clear it up. Only time and then maybe a few beers. If Russia and the US can do it then so should those with any animosity about all of this.
My point before was to stop the criticism and look forward. Negativity is not the answer. Life is short enough.
My point before was to stop the criticism and look forward. Negativity is not the answer. Life is short enough.
Rob it's been almost a week now this forum obviously isn't giving you the closure you want or need. Could you please take it private? I'm sure everyone that truly loves this club or once did can see it's time to start the healing, an important part of that process is to regain some dignity in these forums. Continuing here serves no purpose except to further embarrass and drive wedges into the club.
RobboT
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As long as posts keep popping up where the MACNA issues get dragged up and the officers and BOD are painted in a blameless light, I will keep replying. What you've got is 400 people here out of whom a handful are saying "it wasnt their fault, Ron Emily and Rob screwed it up not the officers and bod".
The rest of the club has a right to know who they're about to vote for. Unfortunately the officers and bod keep locking the threads.
The rest of the club has a right to know who they're about to vote for. Unfortunately the officers and bod keep locking the threads.
OP
OP
As we all know, anyone can vote for anyone at the elections. Let the membership decide.
OP
OP
Let me put it another way. The BOD in a nearly unanimous decision recommended that no sponsor or partcipant be barred from attending MACNA. We made this clear to everyone involved in the conversations.
If you are saying that it is the BOD's fault that an attendee was barred from the conference because we did not remove the chairman of the conference two days before the conference began....yes, I fully accept responsibility for this. It was a difficult decision as to what would cause more harm to the conference as a whole. We made the decision and it's ramifications will be with the club for good.
Okay guys...remember you can vote all the bums out in December.
If you are saying that it is the BOD's fault that an attendee was barred from the conference because we did not remove the chairman of the conference two days before the conference began....yes, I fully accept responsibility for this. It was a difficult decision as to what would cause more harm to the conference as a whole. We made the decision and it's ramifications will be with the club for good.
Okay guys...remember you can vote all the bums out in December.
Scuba_Dave
Non-member
Greg Hiller said:
Thanks Greg, I think that pretty much sums it up
Do we have a list of who is running (or walking, being pushed ) for Officer's?
Will a list be posted/made available before the meeting?
Just wondering because that may influence who makes time to attend
OP
OP
>Will there be a part of the elections where the candidates will speak? Will the membership be allowed to ask questions of the candidates publicly?<
Seems to make sense to me, but I can only speak for myself. We cannot however have the meeting go on forever. Remember again folks, the Oct 2nd elections are only for the new officers.
Seems to make sense to me, but I can only speak for myself. We cannot however have the meeting go on forever. Remember again folks, the Oct 2nd elections are only for the new officers.
mantishunter
Non-member
Been awhile , but I'm back. The acting BOD sent me a draft of a letter via email supposedly sent by US mail, but never received. Funny the acting BOD couldn't even follow through on sending out the letter. No one ever came to me and said this is what the acting BOD met about or said or decided. Apparently the acting BOD got together and did nothing as usual. Who ever was tasked to send the letter dropped the ball. In the email draft I received the reference said that anyone engaged in POSITIVE business/activities not be banned. I would suggest attempting boycotting MACNA and or sending out industry wide unsolicited emails with harnfull erounious information is NOT positive.
In an attempt to get the record straight as I see it on BRS elections/ business/ candatates I will be posting my thoughts in installments the first of which follows.
The trusted acting BOD ...The last regular scheduled meeting with most but not all BOD in attendance was June 1 2003. That's some achievement. Since then There was one MACNA meeting with mostly BOD in attendance 11 months ago , but not a scheduled BOD meeting. Recently two last minute emergency BOD meetings were called by the President. The ByLaws call for regularly scheduled meetings and minutes are to be kept. One must conclude that these members acting or not may have the BRS interest at heart, but did not excersise any of their accepted responsibilities. Furthermore when serious issues were brought to light they did absolutly nothing including not even in discussion. This included an officer squandering nearly $14,000 of available MACNA monies. You got that right $14,000. It also includes leaving BRS without accounting supervision for 5 months when repeatedly asked to do so by members including the former Treasurer. Still today BRS finance is not in qualified hands though the former Treasure attempts to consult from halfway round the world. The Acting BOD tasked and responsible for aquiring neccessary insurances for MACNA failed to do so even when policy applications were provided 8 months prior. A BRS member (not officer or BOD member) secured necessary insurance that was received two days before MACNA. Without such policy in effect the hotel would have pulled the plug two days befor the conference. Lastly in my experience acting BOD members have accepted more than 30 individule tasks and responsibilities in the course of of MACNA business. Of the 30, less than 5 were preformed.
That's enough for now. Happy reefing!
Before anyone replies please carefully read the BRS ByLaws. BRS is a MA corporation and BRS ByLaws are the legal laws that govern that Corporation.
In an attempt to get the record straight as I see it on BRS elections/ business/ candatates I will be posting my thoughts in installments the first of which follows.
The trusted acting BOD ...The last regular scheduled meeting with most but not all BOD in attendance was June 1 2003. That's some achievement. Since then There was one MACNA meeting with mostly BOD in attendance 11 months ago , but not a scheduled BOD meeting. Recently two last minute emergency BOD meetings were called by the President. The ByLaws call for regularly scheduled meetings and minutes are to be kept. One must conclude that these members acting or not may have the BRS interest at heart, but did not excersise any of their accepted responsibilities. Furthermore when serious issues were brought to light they did absolutly nothing including not even in discussion. This included an officer squandering nearly $14,000 of available MACNA monies. You got that right $14,000. It also includes leaving BRS without accounting supervision for 5 months when repeatedly asked to do so by members including the former Treasurer. Still today BRS finance is not in qualified hands though the former Treasure attempts to consult from halfway round the world. The Acting BOD tasked and responsible for aquiring neccessary insurances for MACNA failed to do so even when policy applications were provided 8 months prior. A BRS member (not officer or BOD member) secured necessary insurance that was received two days before MACNA. Without such policy in effect the hotel would have pulled the plug two days befor the conference. Lastly in my experience acting BOD members have accepted more than 30 individule tasks and responsibilities in the course of of MACNA business. Of the 30, less than 5 were preformed.
That's enough for now. Happy reefing!
Before anyone replies please carefully read the BRS ByLaws. BRS is a MA corporation and BRS ByLaws are the legal laws that govern that Corporation.
