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2011 PRESS RELEASES AND DOCUMENTS

2011 PRESS RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS

DECEMBER 2011

December 28, 2011 - regular board meeting
122811 Agenda  


December 14, 2011 -
Alvin Hickox commentary revised 12/14/11
  

NOVEMBER 2011

112611 press release   - re: hiring of new attorney

11/25/11- comments on by-law committee report to the board  

11/22/11 By Law Committee Report  
Agenda for Tuesdays meeting  

Downloadable copies of the By-Law Report videos:
112211-bylawreport-1of3  (7min)
112211-bylawreport-2of3  (5min)
112211-bylawreport-3of3  (4.5min)

11/11/11- comments on by-law committee report to the board  

11/21/11 - XAVIER ORTIZ TRIAL POSTPONED AGAIN.
No new date set.

November 19, 2011 - Updates to court documents page.

November 8, 2011 - Order awarding attorney's fees  

November 7, 2011 - Ortiz Hearing Update  

November 3, 2011 - Documentary videos on the Pedernales co-op in Texas SEC members might find interesting.   Click here.

November 2, 2011 - Ortiz Trial Postponed again to Jan. 26, 2012

There is a new date for the trial. Instead of Tuesday, Nov. 8th, we have a new date of Thursday, Nov. 10th at 1 p.m. Be sure to check with them next week as there was some talk that the trial may be postponed yet again!   No subpoena delivered or mailed to the Wagners so it is a good thing that the people at the Court can give us this information. Their phone number is 575-835-2500, ext 108.

OCTOBER 2011

Oct. 26 Meeting Comments:
October 26, 2011 Press Release
October 26, 2011 Agenda   
Related article from The Cheiftain

October 19, 2011 - 101911-press release Re: Lawsuit Status
Related Document: Co-op lawsuit put on pause  (D Chieftain)
10/6/11 press release  

SEPTEMBER 2011

093011- press release  
092811- Agenda  
1 Person - 1 Vote
 
Why 1 member 1 vote?  
092411 press release  
982011-press release  

AUGUST 2011

August 22, 2011 Agenda  
August 22 2011 Commentary  

(No video available for this meeting)

JULY 2011

July 27, 2011 -
072711-video part 1  (12min 70KB)
072711-video part 2  (16min 60KB)
072711-video part 3   (8min  75KB)
073011-Wagner Letter to Chieftain  
072711- Agenda   
072711 comments  
Related article in the Chieftain: Long drawn out feud continues


July 18, 2011 -
Click here to see the videos
Agenda: July 18, 2011 agenda.pdf  
July 18, 2011 press release  


July 14, 2011 -
Apparently SEC Board Trustee Milton Ulibarri is running around Magdalena trying to get people to sign a Charlie Wagner recall petition. Good luck with that, Milton. July 14 -
Apparently SEC Board Trustee Milton Ulibarri is running around Magdalena trying to get people to sign a Charlie Wagner recall petition. Good luck with that, Milton.

See Milton have one of his philippic fits HERE

He is the one to the left of Charlie - back to camera.

July 13, 2011 - 071311-press-release      
(First hearing of Ortiz trial)

July 10, 2011 -
The Xavier Ortiz trial will be Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @1:00 P.M. before the Honorable Jim Naranjo at the Socorro Magistrate Court located at 102 Winkler, Socorro, NM
. Expect security at the trial.

July 2, 2011 -
A quorum of the board held a meeting after the regular meeting was canceled on June 28th and called a special meeting for July 5, 2011.
Related documents:
Co-op board meeting canceled (D Chieftain)
070211-july5-special-meeting  
July 18, 2011 agenda.pdf  
July 5th Meeting Agenda   

JUNE 2011

062811-meeting comments   
062811-agenda   
061411-Ortiz assault arraignment   

MAY 2011

052411 - meeting comments  
052411-meeting agenda   

May 20, 2011 - Charlene Wagner hearing Comments and Ortiz
assault chages
 

Related to above:
Xavier Ortiz (left) buttonholes a reporter outside the courthouse

Audio of that conversation here

May 19, 2011 -  051911-Decision on Merits   
Results of the hearing on 5/18/11 in Socorro before Judge Mitchell

APRIL 2011

April 27, 2011 - The following series of e-mails (start at the bottom) concerns the SEC rate increase. Several members have contacted Trustee Charlie Wagner since the bills with the new rates have been issued and this information might be of use to members.

Email Exchange re: rate increase 051811thru042511 

April 27, 2011 Meeting Agenda    
April 27, 2011 Board Meeting Comments   

Video available here

April 10, 2011 - Annual meeting commentary:

Videos:
General manager speech (66KB 9min)
No quorum announced (34KB 2.5min)

041011-annual meeting comments  

040911 proposed amendment to ARTICLE III  

April 4 thru April 8 comments  
Related Documents:
Proposed District Map   
Proposed District Map Description   
Pre-redistricting District Map   

Email Exchange re: rate increase 051811thru042511 

042711-Board Meeting  
042711-board agenda  

041011-annual meeting comments

040911 proposed amendment to ARTICLE III  

April 4 thru April 8 comments  
Related Documents:
Proposed District Map   
Proposed District Map Description   

Pre-redistricting District Map   

District Current Count Proposed Count
  1 l,676 2,196
  2 897 2,100
  3 4,344 2,141
  4 888 2,641
  5 3,488 2,215

April 2 2011 commentary



MARCH 2011

032311-vote by mail update  

March 23, 2011 - Board meeting -
March 23 2011 Agenda
 
Videos:
Annual meeting notice discussion  (30K 3min)
Attorney comments on who he works for   (27K 2min)
Mayor Conference Center presentation  (81k 10min)

3/23/11 Press Release 
Related documents:
Proposed District Map  
Proposed District Map Descirption  

Pre-redistricting District Map  

March 17, 2011 -
Paul Bustamante recall results:
82 to retain as board president
61 to remove as board president

Recall Agenda  

Part 1: Quorum established. (10KB 1min)
Part 2: Mr Epstein's reasons for the recall (77KB 9min)
Part 3: Mr. Bustamant's rebuttal (39KB 6min)
Part 4: final vote (12KB 1min)

March 11 thru March 16 2011 commentary   

FEBURARY 2011

February 25-27 2011 commentary  
February 23 2011 Meeting Agenda  

rate protest forms .pdf format     
rate protest forms MS word format  
Comments on protest forms   

February 15, 2011 HB 42 update  

2-15-11- letter to editor (re: rate protest)

Februrary 10, 2011 update  

February 8, 2011 -
HVEC vote report 2/8/11

HB0042 Official committee document 

List of Voter and Elections committee members  

HB0042 - Vote by mail  

HB0042-1 Fiscal impact report of vote by mail  

HB0042CP-1 Committee report (Passes)  

JANURARY 2011

1/26 - January 26, 2011 Board Meeting Report

1/19 - Jan 19 2011 press release
Related Documents:
Letter from SEC general manager re: 1/21/11 rate meeting  
Letter from city attorney re: rate meeting 1/21/11    

1/18 - NMPRC Rule 540 - How to protest a rate increase.
         Available in MS Word or PDF
 
         Rate Increase Protest Form (MS Word or PDF)

         New Mexico Public Regulation Commission website   
         PRC Orders Rate Hearing for Co-Op (Albuquerque Journal)
            
What are "Smart Meters". (Wiki)
            
Quemado letter to the cynic

1/13 - Comments on 1/11/11 board & rate increase meetings

COURT DOCUMENTS

Documents are available at a new court document website:
- click HERE.
- Select Valencia,
- Enter the case number:   D-1314-CV-2010-849
- Enter the security code as presented.
- Click Search (no other data needs to be entered)

The court document has been converted here for your convenience (7 pages)
062910-SEC V West-D-1314-CV-2010-849.pdf (Contains basic information from the first hearing of 6/29/10 thru 7/6/11 and will be updated when new data is available) See Note below for more instructions. .

Clipped from the case:
West, Wagner, et al. Memorandum Re: binding effect w/o class certification  

070611-Reply to Response re Atty Fees  

Note: the above PDF file contains links (in blue) to sub-documents, which contain more detail, but are in fact images. If you click the sub-document link in the above file it will send you directly to the court home page and you will have to start the search over. Once you have the document up, then, scroll down to the sub-document and click the one you are interested in. Remember, these sub-documents are images (.TFF files) in a rather obscure format and you may not be able to print them out.

SEC notification of May 18 2011, hearing in Socorro.pdf
  
May 18
- "NOTICE OF HEARING" (NOTE: on 5/17 time changed to 10AM)
"You are hereby notified that the above styled and numbered cause has been set for a partial merits hearing on May 18, 2011 at the District Court in Socorro, NM beginning at 10:00 a.m. before the Honorable Albert J. Mitchell, Jr., District Judge, presiding. This hearing is set for all day."

PREVIOUS HEARINGS

February 25, 2011 - "NOTICE OF HEARING"
"You are hereby notified that the above styled and numbered cause has been set for a hearing on all pending motions and briefs on February 25, 2011 at the District Court in Los Lunas NM (MAP) beginning at 1:30 p.m. before the Honorable Albert J. Mitchell, Jr., District Judge, presiding. This hearing is scheduled for three hours."

December 14, 2010 :Notice of Hearing SEC v. West, Members, Mountain Mail & El Defensor Cheiftain
Hearing date December 14, 2010 District Court in Los Lunas at 3:30pm. before Honorable Albert J. Mitchell, Jr.
Court House: Hwy 347 about 2miles south of Main St, Los Lunas.  
Court Administrator : 505-865-4291. District Court: 505-865-4639.

PROPOSED REVISION OF BY-LAWS

ARTICLE VI Meetings of Trustees

Download the current By-laws

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

SCHEDULE OF KEY PERFORMANCE REPORTS 2010 1 of 2
SCHEDULE OF KEY PERFORMANCE REPORTS 2010 2 of 2

FINANCIAL-STATISTICAL REPORT Ending July 31-2010 - 1 of 2

FINANCIAL-STATISTICAL REPORT Ending July 31-2010 - 2 of 2

LEGAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS

Defense Authorization Form - Allows members to be represented by an attorney    

- What the Defense Authorization form is and how member/owners are able to
  be represented in courtFAQ   (Word version)

- SEC Counter Claim August 2010  
- Cross Claim & REQUEST FOR Class Action (click for definitions)

- SEC: Declaratory Judgment & Injunctive Relief court filing June 29, 2010
   SEC Board sues the members, Charlene West and the press.
    Download court filing SEC Court Filing (5.5MB in size)

- What is a Class Action? (Wiki)
- Cross Claim
- The Attorney bringing the class action:
Ikard Wynne LLP

- Atty Letter to board re: amendments Atty OLetter to Board Re: admendments
- Board Atty letter re: vacant board position
Anonymous SEC-Employees Letter to board August 2010
- SEC Atty Francish Letter Re: Torres and EEOC dated July 7 2010
- From SEC Atty. Re: discrimination to Wagner dated May 20, 2010 Atty Letter Re: Discrimination
- LULAC letter to SEC Board re: discrimination by Wagner April 27, 2010LULAC Letter to the Board


2009 Auditor's Report, issued early April 2010. It should be noted this is from the SEC Corporate website and is a partial report. As of August 26th, the full, completed report is still not finished. Financial transgressions in the full report are deliberately being kept from the member/owners for obvious reasons. See 8/25 and 8/28 press releases.
Download the partial report here. (9.2mb size)

- SEC 2009 By-laws (Before reforms) Click
- FOG Letter ... Re: open meetings. FOG Letter Re: Open Meetings
- Wagner letter Re: open meetings Trustee Wagner Letter Re: Open Meetings

- Open Meetings Act Compliance Guide - 2008 Open Meetings Act Guide
- Open Meetings Act - Compliance Checklist
- Open Meetings Act - Formation of Public Policy

- Electric Co-ops: From New Deal to Bad Deal? (2009 Harvard Report

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Capital Credits Formula Capital Credits Formula