Co-op
trustee opponents out this weekend with petition (Letter
-Chieftain)
Chieftain
Petition Drive Advertisement (.gif file)
Comments
and Observations on June 26 2013 Meeting 
June
26 Board Meeting Agenda
June
25 2013 petition drive update
Resolution
#28 (Referenced
in 6/26/13 Comments and Observations above)
The
Petition to hold a Special Meeting on July 27th to vote on
the District 5 Proposals
June
26 Meeting Agenda
June
26 Meeting minutes
See
meeting videos here for
the May annual meeting and continuance in June
June
13 -
Co-op
resolutions voted in Saturday
(Letter
- D Chieftain)
Fight
for SEC control absurd
(Letter
- D Chieftain)
Co-op
member having trust issues with board
(Letter
- Chieftain)
June
9 - Quorum
may or may not be valid at co-op meeting continuation
June
9 -
060913-Commentary
The
Petition for Special Meeting to vote on Dist. 5 Proposals
Map
of New Districts (goes
to a mapping website)
New
Districts
(download a map)
June
6 - Any witnesses at annual meeting of a face to face contact
between
Charlene West and the co-op general manager, Joseph Herrera,
please leave
an e-mail here and your name will be passed on to Ms. West.
E-mail address is: thecynic@informedcynic.com
060613-commentary
060613-Informed
Cynic Subpoena
Subpoena to supply copies of
March 27, 2013 meeting videos.
Wagner
supports co-op members (letter-
D Chieftain)
Many
of you have requested information on how to file a complaint
against
Lorna Wiggins of the firm, Wiggins, Williams, Wiggins
www.nmdisboard.org/problemwithalawyer All of the instructions
and forms are on
the linked to this page.This
is the Wiggins law firm web site: http://www.wwwlaw.us/
June
5 - Click
here for the latest documents on the SEC suing another
member.
The
original threatening letter from Atty Wiggins to Charlene
West
MAY
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 attorney’s 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 31 - The
Petition
The
press release and info on the petition
Exerpt
from SEC Bylaws on Special Meetings
May
30 -
SEC trustee questions chair’s decisions and
Membership
ownership should count
(D Chieftain)
Wagner
censured at co-op meeting
(D Chieftain)
Co-op
annual meeting will continue
(D Chieftain)
May
23 and 24 comments
May
23 - Co-op
meeting delayed
May
22 - Meeting Minutes
Videos:
Mauldin
objects to Wagner motion at annual meeting (2
min)
Trustee
Wade agrees (2 min)
Censorship
letter (4 min)
Censorship
letter discussion (4 min)
May
9 2013 - Letter from Board Chair to Trustee Wagner
Letter
of possible petition (2 min)
Discussion
about Quorum part 1 (5 min)
Discussion
about quorum part 2 (9 min)
Anne
Dorough comments (2min)
Special
Accountant cost (5 min)
Safety
Report (1/2 min)
RUS
Report (7 min)
Cost
to return the mail-in ballot: $1.12
May
9 - Update: Judge Mitchell replied to the Motion:
050113
Emergency Motion Letter
(letter written May 1 - but not received by reform atty until
may 9th due to clerical error. SEC attorney received a copy
the day of issue) 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
2013
Annual Meeting Voter Guide-
Short Version
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.
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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.
|
t isn't
clear if the proposed amendments will be listed on the ballot
with the same numbers as in the "Enchantments' That will
be clarified as soon as we receive a ballot.
Some members received their "Request for Mail-In Ballot"
the first week of April (City of Socorro), bill payers by
electronic transfer the 15th, Tierra Grande, Magdalena, Datil,
Quemado between the 22th and 26th. District 4 had some in
San Antonio receive on about the 22th, outlying areas had
not received by yesterday.
As requested
ballots will be distributed starting May 1st, members must
be ready to make non-receipt an issue. The phone number to
call to request a ballot is 1-800-834-8683 Extension 6534
(Ernie Marquez); e-mail: emarquez@electionpeople.com
These
contact phone and e-mail should also handle no show ballots.
Call the SEC office to report no shows and record date and
time of report to both Ernie Marquez and SEC.
Keep checking here for updates and mark your calendars for
May 15, 2013.
May
2 Comments on annual meeting
042813-Commentary
(updated May 2nd)
Complete
Board Proposals for the meeting as written in the Enchantment
Magazine
APRIL
2013
Annual Meeting Voter Guide
2013
Annual Meeting Voter Guide-
Short Version
Complete
Board Proposals for the meeting as written in the Enchantment
Magazine
April
28 - 042813-Commentary
April
26 - 2013
Annual Meeting Program and Order of Business
Or a plain
text version here.
April
25 - Emergency
Motion Update:
The
board, management and attorney are pushing hard to deny member's
rights. This Emergency Motion (see below) will ask Judge Mitchell
(who ruled for the members when they were sued by the board)
to look at the action of refusing the District 5's proposed
amendments to the bylaws. The courts are our only recourse
at the moment. Let us hope for a good outcome.
Today
Judge Mitchell denied the request for a hearing on the matter,
but will issue a letter on the matter next week.
The documents are in date order of their filing-
April
17, 2013 Emergency Motion For Order to Show Cause
April
17, 2013 - Request for emergency hearing date
April
22, 2013 - SEC Board Atty responds to the request
April
24, 2013 - Judge Mitchell responds to the request
The
District 5 proposals the board is, at this moment, deleting
from the annual meeting agenda:
The
Proposals at the District 5 meeting last October should
be on the annual meeting agenda for vote this year, not
next year.
April
25 - Regular
Board Meeting
April
24 Board Meeting Minutes
April
25, 2103 Board Meeting Comments
SEC
warning on member address release
Comments
on the SEC warning on member address release
Columbus
Electric scam news paper article
April
23 - (Seee also April 17th below)
SEC's Attorney responds to reformers request:
Response
to Emergency Motion for Order to Show Cause
Reformer's
filing:
Emergency Motion For Order to Show Cause
April
22 -
Most of you have received the "Mail-In-Ballot" (click
here) which tells you how to request ballot and the time
periods. It omits a lot so we will try to fill in the blanks.
..... the rest of the article:
(Here
are the SEC
suggested by-law changes in 2012 )
We do know that the legally passed proposed amendments to
the By-laws passed in October 2012 at the District 5 meeting
is being blocked from the ballot by the terrible trio of management,
lawyer and board. An EMERGENCY MOTION FOR TO SHOW CAUSE in
this matter has been filed with Mitchell the Judge by designation
as this action is in violation of SEC bylaws and that Judge's
prior ruling. (Click
here for motion)
We also know that the trustee amendments that failed by more
than a five to one margin at the 2012 Annual Members' Meeting
are back on this ballot along with 3 proposed amendments from
the floor at the 2012 meeting.
How do we tell what is what or which is which? Watch for the
Enchantment and match up the ballot with the notice. We will
be working on this problem and get the correct information
out as soon as possible as we did last year.
042213-Commentary
SEC
suggested by-law changes
April
18 - SEC
warning on member address release
April
11 - SEC
needs to notify members of mapping
(Letter
- D Chieftain)
April
4 - Todays was the final hearing an ruling on the Mandamus
issue. The
Judges Order
The
Judge ruled, again, the members have a right to access records
and documents, except those forbidden by law. The law already
protects private records such as personnel files and the like.
It remains to be seen, however, if the SEC management
will comply.
Aprl
2 - 040213-Comments
on board trying to limit member access to the annual meeting,
etc
April
1 - At the March 28 meeting of the Socorro Electric Cooperative,
the annual meeting date was changed and the board determined
which bylaws would be brought to the members/owners at that
meeting... full
story here
MARCH
Due
to extensive comments related to the March meeting and upcoming
annual meeting, a special web page will open by clicking Here
and you can read the comments in ful. You can also download
them there, or below.
March
31 - 033113-comments
on investigation
BOLNICK
REPORT - only "Part 1" of the report has been released
to the public. Part 2 is "confidential". All trustees
are allowed to see the report except the subject of the report,
Trustee Wagner.
Bolnick
Report part 1 of 4 - page 1-20
Bolnick
Report part 2 of 4 - page 21-40
Bolnick
Report part 3 of 4 - page 41-60
Bolnick
Report part 4 of 4 - page 60-82
March
30 - 033013-Comments
on the 3/28 meeting
Message
to District V members from Trustee Anne Dorough
Last updated on
Monday February 27, 2017 11:46 AM
2013
COMMENTARY