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

Fri Jan 5 10:01:11 CST 2018

Scott,

Way to go...  not sure if the position of section manager can  influence 
these issues.. ...  same questions should be sent to Dave Norris,  K5UZ 
Division Director....   

The answers must be sent to all clubs and local hams..

de k1dw

In a message dated 1/5/2018 7:11:35 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
w5wz at w5wz.com writes:

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%20
Special%20Board%20Meeting%20ARRL%20Board%20of%20Directors.pdf
http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2017/12/changes-proposed-to-arrl-governing.ht
ml

Respectfully,
Scott  Dickson,  W5WZ
W5WZ at W5WZ.com

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