[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: HOW TO EAT AN ELEPHANT
- From: pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Gsdbroon@xxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:31:19 -0400
I do believe separate charges (identical but separate) WERE filed
against each of the persons named.
Of course, I could be wrong...I'm learning from Evan, so I assume I > am=
often wrong.
Peggy
>
> It strikes me that the executive committee may be compared, if not to a=
n
> elephant, maybe to a rhinoceros. The entire board may be an elephant. =
The
> by-laws state that any member may file charges against any member, whic=
h are then
> examined by the executive committee to see if the conduct alleged suffi=
ces
> to be considered by the entire board as being prejudicial to the best i=
nterest
> of the club. It would seem that if charges are to be filed against mor=
e
> than one person they would have to be filed individually against each s=
uch
> member and considered separately first by the executive committee and t=
hen, if
> needed, by the board. Then when the decision to go ahead with a referr=
al to the
> board and the subject if so notified and only then are that member=E2EU=
RTMs
> privileges suspended except as are necessary to defend the charges. Th=
ere is no
> provision for a blanket charge against a group of members and for a goo=
d reason.
> What is rumored to have taken place now is filing of charges against t=
he
> entire executive committee en masse, apparently the intention is to dis=
qualify
> each of the members of the executive committee from considering any cha=
rges
> against not only themselves but all the executive committee members.
>
> There is no authority for this. Think for a minute if a disgruntled me=
mber
> filed charges against the entire board except for himself or his best f=
riend.
> If charges en masse against the executive committee can be entertained=
,
> then charges against all but one of the entire board could also be ente=
rtained.
> The governance of the club could in effect be stopped cold. My content=
ion
> is that you cannot eat the entire elephant at once but you have to proce=
ed one
> bite at a time.
>
> I have no idea what the excom members are alleged to have done, but if =
the
> complained of acts are no more than making decisions with which the
> complainant disagrees or which to the complainant seemed to be inept, th=
is would appear
> to fall well below the threshold of conduct required to sustain charges=
.
>
> Also, at the board meetings the opportunity exists for the board member=
s to
> question or disapprove of any past excom action is available to every b=
oard
> member. If this has been done it should be readily apparent from readi=
ng the
> minutes of the board meeting, which raises the question: =E2EURoeHave =
the minutes
> of the July 2007 meeting been published?=E2EUR=9D
>
> The general management of the club=E2EURTMs affairs is vested in the bo=
ard. If any
> officer is failing in the board=E2EURTMs opinion to fulfill the duties =
of his
> office then the board has the responsibility to make arrangements to ha=
ve another
> carry out those duties. Which brings us to Margery. Apparently the bo=
ard
> felt, rightly or wrongly, that she was not fulfilling the responsibilit=
ies of
> her office and made provisions to have another take and keep the minute=
s. As
> near as I can tell, they did not remove or attempt to remove her from t=
he
> board and she remains as a member, it=E2EURTMs just that the board in t=
he general
> management of the club=E2EURTMs affairs has designated another board me=
mber to take and
> keep the minutes so that this part of management responsibility is fulf=
illed.
> If a member disagrees with or questions an action taken by the board, =
that
> is what we have elections for. It seems to me that those who filed char=
ges
> might better have served the club if, instead of trying to file charges=
, they
> had published their complaints as a campaign statement so that the memb=
ership
> could be thus informed and by any response to more intelligently cast t=
heir
> ballots in the election.
>
> Tom Brown
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