[LCC] Your candidacy for Louisiana Section Manager, and your position on ARRL matters

[Art (K5FNQ)]

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Art K5FNQ

On 1/5/2018 07:11, w5wz at w5wz.com wrote:
> Mr. Scott Wren, KD5DFL
> Mr. John Robertson, K5JMR
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> As an ARRL Life member, a member of the ARRL affiliated NELARC 
> (Northeast Louisiana Amateur Radio Club), and a charter member of the 
> ARRL affiliated Louisiana Contest Club, I have some questions that I'd 
> appreciate your response to before I cast my ballot for Louisiana 
> Section Manager.
>
>
>
> 1. What is your position on the recent "disqualification" of the SE 
> Division Director and the subsequent non-election of his successor ?
>
> 2. What is your position on the recent censure of Dick Norton, N6AA ?
>
> 3. What is your position on the upcoming proposed changes to ARRL 
> Governing Documents?  There are listed below 16 specific proposed 
> changes that need to be responded to individually.  You may also wish 
> to address the "why" some of these changes are needed.
>
>
> In the Articles of Association,
> - Removing the ability of the Executive Committee to present items for 
> a vote by the full board of directors in between board meetings by 
> mail or e-mail;
>
> - Requiring compliance with the League's new code of conduct for 
> directors as a condition of eligibility to seek election as a 
> director, vice director or officer;
>
> - Providing the board with the ability to remove from office or apply 
> "other appropriate sanctions for cause" directors, vice directors and 
> officers (more details are in proposed changes to the by-laws);
>
> - Two new articles limit any financial liability of current, past and 
> future directors and officers for "breach of duty" to the amount of 
> compensation received for serving on the board (which is zero), and 
> provided that the League will cover their legal expenses in fighting 
> such claims, except in cases of knowingly violating the law; receiving 
> or helping someone else receive "improper personal economic gain," 
> "conscious disregard" of his/her duty as a director or officer, or a 
> "sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention" that constitutes an 
> "abdication" of the person's responsibility as a director.
>
>
>
>
> In the By-Laws:
> - A new provision allowing the board of directors, by majority vote, 
> to revoke individual memberships "for cause … after affording the 
> member an opportunity to respond in writing;"
>
> - Removing a specific dues rate from the By-Laws, instead stating that 
> the dues shall be an amount set by the board of directors (effectively 
> making it possible for the board to raise dues by a majority vote 
> rather than the two-thirds to three-fourths vote required for changing 
> the By-Laws);
>
> - Eliminating the current provision allowing a life membership to be 
> transferred to a surviving spouse after the death of the primary member;
>
> - Removing the right of vice directors to attend board meetings, 
> except by invitation of the directors;
>
> - Several changes to make language more gender-neutral;
>
> - Prohibiting initiating recall elections for directors during the 
> first 6 months of a three-year term of office or after June 1 of the 
> term's final year;
>
> - Adding a provision permitting the full board, by majority vote, to 
> rescind or reverse actions taken by the Executive Committee between 
> board meetings;
>
> - Providing for the Ethics and Elections Committee to determine 
> whether candidates for office are in compliance with the board's 
> conflict of interest policy and code of conduct;
>
> - Incorporating the board's conflict of interest policy and code of 
> conduct into the By-Laws;
>
> - Allowing the board to remove from office - by 2/3 vote - any 
> officer, director or vice director "for cause" by revoking that 
> person's ARRL membership; after providing the subject of such action 
> with an opportunity for a hearing prior to the board vote;
>
> - Allowing the board to reprimand or censure a member in lieu of 
> removal; but in this case, "No advance notice or opportunity to be 
> heard shall be applicable to the censure vote."
>
> - Prohibiting current, future and past board members from taking the 
> League or any of its officers or directors to court as a result of 
> disputes among board members or between a board member and the League 
> as a whole; rather, any disputes would be required to be submitted to 
> binding arbitration; and "As a condition of service or continued 
> service as an Officer, Director or Vice Director, all Officers, 
> Directors, Vice Directors and candidates for such office will 
> expressly waive any right to sue anyone acting on behalf of the 
> Corporation in court either during their term of office or thereafter."
>
>
>
> 4.  What is your position on a second, separate, motion that proposes 
> to make the president and three vice presidents full voting members of 
> the board of directors (currently, the vice presidents have no vote 
> and the president votes only to break a tie). The officers would not 
> be able to vote on their own elections, however.
>
>
> 5. In addition, the motion would make the president a full voting 
> member of all board committees (currently the president is a 
> non-voting "ex-oficio" member), and would allow the president to 
> appoint one vice president as a voting member of the executive 
> committee. The vice presidents are currently non-voting members of 
> that committee, which is responsible for making policy decisions in 
> between full board meetings.
>
>
>
> Sources
> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/2017%20Board%20of%20Directors/Minutes%20of%20Special%20Board%20Meeting%20ARRL%20Board%20of%20Directors.pdf 
>
> http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2017/12/changes-proposed-to-arrl-governing.html 
>
>
>
>
> Respectfully,
> Scott Dickson, W5WZ
> W5WZ at W5WZ.com
>
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