IT IS A MATTER OF SIMPLE GOOD GOVERNANCE? WHY, WHEN THE LANGUAGE OF THESE TWO PARTICULAR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS IS SO EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND, DOES YOUR BOARD CONTINUE TO IGNORE THEM? IT IS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE, AND THEY NEED TO BE CALLED ON IT NOW. WE'VE HAD WAY TOO MUCH OF FEIGNED IGNORANCE OF OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS!

When will the "handlers" on the board, our President and Legal Chair, bring the facts out of the dark hole from which they govern, and allow us to declare Ground Hog Day in Wedgefield?  It is time that the rest of this board and you, as members, force them to bring true governance light, to the board table.

Our President, did not follow the by-laws, and properly "notice" the June 17th board meeting. Based on the motions and actions during that meeting, he called another open meeting on June 26th.  When he was for sited the lack of notice  at the June 26th meeting, the by-law read to all who sat at the board table (7 board members), he, and our Legal Chair, went on attack.  While this happens quite often, during the last six months, these two, have ignored simple language governing documents, attempted to crucify anyone who questioned, and also tried to make them look ridiculous.

The first was the Conflict of Interest Agreement.  This argument went on for MONTHS.  Your board, minus one, IGNORED the very document each and everyone had signed, and awarded a contract to your President's business.  The rest all voted, minus the one who had been forcing the issue to the table, for months.

Now, we have the issued of two illegal, null, and void meetings.  The problem is not complicated.  It shouldn't be.  Admittedly, sometimes the language in our governing documents is complicated.  NOT IN THESE TWO CASES.  The language in these two sections, is so simple, the AVERAGE 5TH GRADER, WOULD UNDERSTAND, AND BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THEM. I believe our board members are smarter.  This just looks like blatant disregard.  The treatment of the  questioning board member,  appears to be cunning and sick.

HERE ARE THE TWO DOCUMENTS - Comments continue after.

 

ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7:  REGULAR MEETINGS



"Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.  Notice of regular meetings shall be given to each Director personally or by mail at least three days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that notice requirement may be waived if signed in writing by two-thirds of the total board members holding office at that time." 

 

There were seven board members at that meeting.  Two, our Legal Chair and President, produced this staged disregard for our governing documents.  One board member, in both of the cases noted, argued for our governing documents, each time requesting that the board attorney review and give an opinion.  In the case of The Conflict of Interest Agreement, it took months before our Legal Chair sought opinion.  The board was found to have violated the very statement they each had signed.  Once again, the questioning board member has requested that the Legal Chair take Article VII, Section 7, and apparent failure to properly notice the June 17th meeting, to the board attorney.  Will it be months and months, again, or just plain NEVER?

 

We started our count with 7 board members.  We've identified the actions of 3.  4 of our board members sat by, listened to the abuse of the questioning board member, and said NOTHING.  They allowed our President to HINT that notice had been sent.  Wouldn't you have thought that since they are SMARTER than a 5th grader, that they would have supported the questioning board member in following our by-laws, or PRODUCED the notice, to end this miserable staged play?  THEY SAID NOTHING.  I wouldn't want any of them to be part of any army that represented us in war, the war on truth, honesty, and integrity, in this case.  They appear to be the worst kind of cowards in any arena, let alone in governing openly, honestly, according to our governing documents, principle, and sound business practice, for the place that we all call home.