2013 MEETING INFORMATION
Unapproved
2013 Annual Meeting Minutes (No quorum in 2014 to
approve the minutes
Comments
on June 26, 2013 meeting related to District 5 proposals
Attorney
videos on District 5 proposals from June 26, 2013
meeting
062613
- Trustee Mauldin's committee recommendation
(6
min)
062613
- Attorney speaks to District 5 proposals 1 of 3
(4
min)
062613
- Attorney speaks to District 5 proposals 2 of 3
(8
min)
062613
- Attorney speaks to District 5 proposals 3 of 3
(10
min)
Resolution
#28
2013
Annual Meeting Videos:
Quorum
declared (2min)
Secretary
Report (9min)
Lawyers
discuss Dist 5 proposals & voting, or
not (6min)
Wagner
explains why Dist 5 proposals should be on
agenda,
then suddenly, no quorum (3min)
Attorney
explains quorum determination (5.5min)
Members,
Wagner, Parliamentarian Speak-part 1 (7.5min)
Members
speak, part 2 (9min)
General
Manager speech (9min)
(Dead
space in the videos clipped out. Also, most
of the meeting time was taken up with the
Chair consulting and discussion between the
lawyers, parliamentarian and some trustees).
051613-Member-Comments-1
May
16 - Commentary
from a SEC member
2013 Annual Meeting - Continuance
Videos
This
is the most important video:
060813
Quorum comments by co-op attorney Bruce Wiggins
(3 min)
In it, the board's attorney, Bruce Wiggins
(yes, he can chew gum and walk), is saying,
in a round about way, the District 5 proposals
will not be voted on today because 1 - they
are not on the agenda, 2 - this extended meeting
is void for lack of quorum, even if they were
on the agenda. (In other words, if you don't
like that idea, sue me) Remember,
the proposals, even if it were legal to delay
a vote until the 2014 annual meeting, were
not on the 2013 meeting agenda for "consideration"
anyway. This was intentional, and the
responsibility of the board Secretary, and
guess who that is.
In the videos below, we see Trustee Wagner
making a motion that the District 5 proposals
be approved "in totality" - this
would expedite the process and welcomed.
However, it is assumed by the members that
the proposals would be *voted* upon at this
meeting and not in the 2014 Annual Meeting
(or other general meeting). As
you know by now, these proposals were not
on the ballot in May, and by extension, at
this meeting. This "oversight" was
intentional to prevent them being voted on
or even "considered". The board
was censured by the members for its effort
at sabotaging the organization, and that censure
was rejected.
Wagner's motion is something that just has
to be played out to force the issue of voting
today or another day. It is abundantly clear
that every effort is being made by the lawyers,
managers, and Trustee Wolberg and his 3 main
supporters on the board to prevent those proposals
from ever being voted on, period. Their lawyers
are paid for by the members, and should be
assisting the members in getting those proposals
through the system and not incapacitating
the process at every turn. How much longer
the members are prepared to be swindled while
footing the bill remains to be seen.
Trustee
Wagners motion to vote on in totality - 1
of 2 (10 min)
Trustee
Wagners motion to vote on in totality - 2
of 2 (13 min)
Arf Epstein makes a motion that would ensure
measures passed at district meetings would
be on the next annual meeting to clear the
air over this issue. Discussion ensued on
where to place it in the by-laws. The video
picks up the conversation from that point
with a surprise ending.
Member
Epstein's proposal and board censure (5
min)
Member
points out the Proposals are on the agenda
(3.5 min)
Why
they can't be voted on by Wiggins (2.5
min)
Who
can call a special meeting (5
min)
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2013
Annual Meeting unofficial voting results
2013
Annual Meeting Program & Order of Business
(Agenda)
Or a plain
text version here.
051413-Dist-5-Final
revision of proposals
or Word.doc
format
May
31 -
Scroll
through to the story in the
Chieftain of how Anne Dorough, District 5 trustee,
gives the board and attorney her opinion of their
actions in regard to the District 5 passed resolutions.
The exchange is also on tape below. The attorneys
justification for the quorum ruling is not to be
missed.
Discussion
about Quorum part 1 (5
min)
Discussion
about quorum part 2 (9 min)
May
15 - Below are the District 5 resolutions
passed which the board, management and lawyer blocked
from the ballot. They will will be brought up under
"New Business" if we have quorum. Read
them and bring copy to meeting. 051413-Dist-5-Final
revision of proposals
or Word.doc
format
Map
to Finley Gym.pdf
Or link to MapQuest and get driving directions:
http://mapq.st/14ik55u
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Google Maps coordinates: 34.054475° -106.893014°
Or GPS address: 202 McCutcheon, Socorro, NM
May
14 - The
meeting will be at Finley Gym which is on McCutcheon
between Park and Centers St. See map below. Voting/Registration
will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; Business Meeting
will start at 3 p.m. or whenever the members in
the voting line at 3 p.m. have finished voting.
Please stay for the business meeting in order to
vote on the District 5 Resolutions which the board
and lawyers blocked from this years ballot
and other resolutions which may be raised from the
floor by members. Your presence is also needed for
the quorum.
Parking will be on the street and in the parking
lot of the First Baptist Church at the corner of
Spring St. (U.S. 60) and Center St. Handicapped
parking should be available in the parking lot on
the south side of Finley Gym between the Gym and
the City of Socorro Police Building.
Both North (McCutcheon) and South (parking lot)
entrances should be available for use. The use of
the term should in this and the preceding
sentence is contingent on the coops following
of the suggestions in the above attachment entitled
2013 Annual mtg-City of Soc. letter-Finley
Gym.
The SEC Reform Group and other interested members
will be distributing sample ballots with recommendations
in the area. Please keep in mind that it will be
a warm afternoon and Finley Gym is not air-conditioned.
Keep clothing and tempers on the cool side.
The District V Resolutions are below and will be
taken up under New Business on the Agenda, the last
item on the Agenda. These should be passed. A reading
of the deletions (in red ink) and additions (green
ink) contained in these Resolutions will show that
they promote more member control and transparency
in the Co-op.
Letter
from City of Socorro re: Finley Gym
051413-Dist-5-Final
revision of proposals
May
14, 2013 Comments on meeting
Map to Finley Gym
Or link to MapQuest and get driving directions:
http://mapq.st/14ik55u
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2013
Annual Meeting Voter Guide
2013
Voter Guide-
Short Version
Sample
Ballot With Voting Recommendations
Cost
to return the mail-in ballot: $1.12
Did
you receive your Mail-in ballot request? It appears
some districts received one a week or two sooner
than others, giving more time to respond.
Please email The Cynic with the date you received
your Mail-in ballot request along with your zip
code and district if you know it. Use the link at
the top of the page or send to:
thecynic@informedcynic.com
Map
of New Districts
May
4 - Judge Mitchell did not reply to the emergency
motion the past week as promised.
April
17, 2013 Emergency Motion For Order to Show Cause
April
24, 2013 - Judge Mitchell responds to the request
(See April 17 below for more detail)
2013
Annual Meeting Voter Guide
May
2 (update from April 28) -
The
trio of board, management, and attorney are making
it hard for members to attend the Annual Members'
Meeting (May 15th-voting 1-3 p.m.; business meeting
at 3 p.m.), illegally refusing to put the properly
passed District 5 proposed by-law amendments on
the ballot, insulting the members by placing the
defeated trustee proposals back on the ballot this
year, confusing the items up for vote, and shortening
the turn around time for vote-by-mail ballots (
two weeks!). They are fighting hard and dirty which
is raising eyebrows and questions. The members must
oppose them by being smart.
First, attend the meeting.
We need an in house quorum to remain at the meeting.
If we get one and pass the
members' proposals from the floor at the 2012 Annual
Meeting, vote-by-mail will count as part of the
quorum and this issue will be laid to rest.
THE
THREE MEMBERS' AMENDMENTS WHICH
DESERVE A YES VOTE ARE:
RESOLUTION
# 3 - Article III. Section 3. District
meetings. - calls for annual district
meetings instead of the current every four
year district meetings
RESOLUTION
#5 Article III. Section 6. Quorum
at all Meetings. - 'Mail-in ballots will
count as part of the quorum."
RESOLUTION
# 6 Article III. Section 7. Voting
at all Meetings. Which calls for each
district trustee to appoint an election official
to validate the mail-in process and ballots.
All
other RESOLUTIONS get a NO.
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May
2 Comments on annual meeting
042813-Commentary
(updated May 2nd)
Emergency
Motion For Order to Show Cause
SEC
Atty reply to the emergency Motion:
Response
to Emergency Motion for Order to Show Cause
Request
for hearing date
Mail-in
Ballot Request
042213-Commentary
SEC
suggested by-law changes
033013-Comments
on the 3/28 meeting
Message
to District V members from Trustee Anne Dorough
Motion
to rescind previously adopted motion of board approved
bylaw resolutions. (10 min) Video
from March 28th board meeting
2013
Annual Meeting By-law Proposals:
Annual
Meeting by-law proposals from District 5 Meeting
October 2012
Comments on SEC Bylaw committee Proposals for 2013
annual meeting
List
of NM Co-ops, Membership and Number of board members
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