[RITSlist] FW: returning your e mail and approving highly

[Howard and Kay Hoy]

List Members,

The recent flurry of e-mails about the departure of Karyn Huerter and myself
from the RITS Board of Directors has encouraged me to respond and provide
you with the limited amount of information that I have. 

First, the facts:

The RITS Board convened a meeting at 12:00 noon May 6, 2007 in Urbandale IA.
The following members of the board were present either in person or by
proxy:

            Jack Carson, pres.

            Howard Hoy, v.p

            Dave Engle, secy & treas

            Karyn Huerter - membership secy

            Dick Tinder, board member

            Tom Sandlin, board member

            Jeff Spangle, member at large

            Paul Schuch, holding proxy from Dick Reedquist, board member

            Dick Hutchins, board member, also holding proxy for Steve Suhs,
board member

            Board member Steve Pelles was absent, but available to be called
to vote

At about 3:30 pm Hutchins brought up a bill of complaints he had against
Karyn Huerter.  When she began to answer those complaints, Schuch entered
the discussion and asked that three members of the board leave the room so
that the remaining board could discuss the issues.  He asked that Dave
Engle, Karyn Huerter and Howard Hoy leave the room, which we did.
Approximately forty-five minutes later we were asked to return and the
following was announced to us:

By a vote of 4 to 1, Howard Hoy and Karyn Huerter have been removed from
office and membership in RITS.  In addition Howard Hoy and Karyn Huerter are
barred from membership in RITS for five years and barred from holding office
for ten years.  All property of RITS in their possession must be returned
within seven days.

Now the comment:

We were tried in absentia, on unspecified charges, which we were not allowed
to answer, nor confront our accusers.  I suspect the reasons for the actions
taken, but none come up to the standard of vengeance indicated by the
temporary majority's actions.  The temporary majority's actions were born of
hubris.  There was no opportunity for us to offer to resign or offer
alternative discipline.  These were acts of pure vengeance.

Now, do you think this was a lawful act according to the by-laws?  Member
George Bailey has posted the by-law provision governing discipline of
members, so I will not repeat it here.  Article 5 Section 10 grants
authority to the Board of directors to remove members by "unanimous vote,
less one".  There were ten members present either in person or by proxy, of
whom three were asked to leave the room, leaving seven.  The vote was 4 to
1, leaving two members present but not voting.  I will leave it up to you to
decide if that constitutes "unanimous, less one".  As such it does not
constitute even a simple majority of the board.   By having Huerter and me
out of there room, we were denied the opportunity to vote on each other's
removal motions, which we probably would have voted against, denying the
temporary majority the appearance of having a "unanimous, less one" result.

If you agree with the temporary majority's actions, good luck to you in your
future membership in RITS.  If you do not agree, consider expressing your
dissatisfaction at the next election or when dues renewal time comes.
Warning to potential future officers:  Don't get cross-ways with the guys
who think they own this organization; they treat it like a private club.

REMEMBER THE ROCK!

 

Howard Hoy

Karyn Huerter

 





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