[K3CAL] Robert's Rules Suspension of the By-Laws. In response to the open letter to the board nastiness going on

[mistralholt at comcast.net]

FYI, 
With regard to Ed's letting the Committee chose its own Chair, Per Robert's Rules, this can be done at once either unanimously or by a 2/3rds vote (without changing the by-laws) by a motion and vote to temporarily "suspend the rules".  Typically, a member will make a request to consider particular business or take a special action not permitted by the rules.  The chair will ask if there is any objection; if there is not objection, the rules are suspended.  This is usually applied in parliamentary procedures to move things along.  It can also be done by a motion (with a second) (it may not be debated, as is usually with a motion). 
  
Peter 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Edwin A Noell Jr" <enoell at verizon.net> 
To: "Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL" <k3cal at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Friday, March 4, 2016 7:47:48 PM 
Subject: [K3CAL] In response to the open letter to the board nastiness going        on 

To all members of CARA; 

A lot of misinformation and deliberate disinformation is being passed around about Eric and me. I want to set the record straight right now. 

Nothing I've done or said is in any way an attempt to harm the club or its members. I've also given everyone ample opportunity to ask questions and discuss what I say or do at any time. My email and phone number are both published in the members list and has been as long as I've been a member. Instead, the general membership has taken it as a given that my intent is to do harm. Nothing could be further from the truth. However, instead of approaching me directly, coming to meetings and speaking up, or even just sending a personal email with your concerns, it's been common practice to denigrate me in email that is sent to the entire membership . These attacks have also been carried out over the repeaters. 

I've been accused of being an egomaniac and wanting to line my pockets with CARA funds and I suppose, equipment. I was accused of this by Bob Sheskin, who apparently has taken club radios and used them as his own for the last two years. And I'm going to go on record right now that I've reached out to Bob, but have received nothing but vile and nasty responses. I believe that Bob is being malicious about what he's telling everyone and doesn't have the courage to come to a meeting and face me in person, with witnesses, and state his accusations. He is a sniping e-mail bully. 

Dave Weaver has gotten information from other members, always second or third hand. Dave is either misinterpreting the information he's getting or simply not listening to what he's being told. He then takes this information and deliberately tries to foment divisiveness among the membership. If you actually read his drivel, his whole intent is to be named as the repeater committee chairman and have only those that he wants on the repeater committee. His idea of getting new people involved in the repeater work is to tell everyone that they can come by whenever the committee is working to "say hi". And that's a direct quote from one of his e-mails. 

You may want to note that the uproars that are occurring now and those that have happened in the past have a common denominator -- Bob Sheskin and Dave Weaver. 

We made good progress at last night's meeting. We discussed proposed changes to the by-laws that everyone present seemed to like. These changes involve reducing the number of business meetings and bringing in more fun through presentations and demonstrations. These two things are more in keeping with the hobby that we love than are the business meetings. Although the business meetings are necessary, we did not get into this hobby to sit and slog our way through administrative duties. 

I am trying to move in the direction where we can enjoy the hobby more, in an environment of camaraderie and friendship. I have been president of CARA only since January 1st. I am asking all of you to give me the opportunity to bring new ideas and new faces into the club. This will not happen if the same people choose the positions they like and stay there indefinitely at the expense of the entire membership. 

There is a flaw in the by-laws concerning the selection of the repeater committee chairman. That's why I suggested at the February meeting a work group or committee be formed to examine the by-laws as a whole in order to find ambiguities and unclear language, then correct them. I would have asked for volunteers to do just that at last night's meeting, but it was sidelined by Jim and Shawn's proposal for a change. I thought it best to give them a chance to have their proposal heard rather than distract everyone with a new committee. 

My intent now is to have the repeater committee be governed by Robert's Rules of Order, in which it states that a committee chairman is chosen by the committee. I had asked Eric to be chairman because I wanted a comprehensive communications plan for the county that included all of the "pie in the sky" things anyone in the club could imagine, and I knew that he could produce such a plan. I would be quite happy if the committee chose it's own chairman from the members that, according to the by-laws, I selected. 

My final statement is this:  If you don't come to meetings, if you don't speak up and make yourself heard, if you don't ask questions when you don't like something you hear, if you just sit on the sidelines like a coward and take pot shots at me, Eric or the rest of the board, you are doing yourself an injustice and you deserve what you get. 

If you don't like what I said in this e-mail, well, truth hurts. If you really don't like it, impeach me. But if you want to talk, I'm here. And if you want more divisiveness and turmoil in the club, listen to the Bob and Dave show. They're on every morning, afternoon and night, 146,985 or 444.950. 

Ed 
KC3EN 




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