There are 14 members that sit on NCRA’s Board of Directors, but did you know it only takes THREE members to make any major decision? Yep, it’s the sneaky truth that we discovered while on our dig around NCRA’s site.
This is what we found under the “Constitution & Bylaws: Article VII–Executive Committee”:
“The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Immediate Past President.”
“The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all the authority and powers of the Board of Directors during the interim periods between meetings of the Board of Directors.”
“In no event shall the Executive Committee have the authority to modify or rescind any action taken by the Board of Directors.” (We can’t find any words about the Directors having any authority to modify or rescind any action taken by the Executive Committee!)
“A majority of the voting members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum. Any action taken by the Executive Committee, at a meeting at which a quorum is present, shall require the approval of at least three (3) members of the Executive Committee.”
According to Merriam-Webster, an oligarchy is “a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.” We submit that entrance to the Executive Committee is done through the Nominating Committee by SUPER-SECRET HANDSHAKE to be admitted to the Executive Committee clique to continue the oligarchy. Debbie and Sue just weren’t invited to the Executive Committee’s cool girls’ table.
We are suspicious that the nasty “ethics policies” and the Board Code of Ethics Complaint Procedures were designed around the bylaw that allows THREE members out of 14 to make major decisions regarding OUR association. It would be a real bummer if the Executive Committee made some decisions that the rest of the board didn’t agree with and then have those board members squawking about it, wouldn’t it? So how nifty to have a document to hold over board members’ heads that muzzles them by allowing them to be embarrassingly thrown off the board.
By the way, all of the ugly documents were revised in March 2016. So, amazingly, these “ethics” and complaint policies and procedures have recently been vetted and approved again!
How do we change these policies? We all NEED to VOTE on August 4th!
Not only do we need to vote Sue, Debbie and Christine onto NCRA’s board this year, we need to find other leaders who will run from the floor next year! Put your thinking caps on: Are you a leader that can help bring this oligarchy to a screeching halt? This housecleaning that needs to be done at NCRA will take multiple years before our NCRA house is spic ’n span.
Check out the three Members’ Choice candidates’ sites:
www.sueterry.info
www.debbiedibble.info
www.christinephipps.info
We are sure that they object to the oligarchy and to being muzzled, but maybe you want to ask them yourselves. According to their sites, they are very responsive to your inquiries.
Wake Up NCRA!
Frank N. Sense
P.S. Again, please VOTE on August 4th. And send this to ten NCRA members so that they know to VOTE, too!
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