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

Fri Jan 5 19:34:34 CST 2018

I know John Mark Robertson very well
If I was still in Louisiana I would be voting for him
and I encourage everyone that is in Louisiana to Vote for John Mark
Robertson

Why.........

He will always choose to do what is right for the majority of the members
within his section and beyond !

He is a stand up guy that believes in treating others, better than he would
want to be treated

I do not endorse him casually but with strong convictions !!!

Steve
KG5VK

http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Art (K5FNQ) <k5fnq at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> Please keep us informed of any response
> 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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