DONHARWELL
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This is my opinion only:
The issue I am writing about is not about parsley. I am wondering where and how four members of the KCBS Board of Directors can make a decision like this or any decision. The KCBS bylaws state “Election of one class of directors by the members shall take place annually.” I may be wrong but the wording “one class” means, all members of the board are equal. I cannot find in the bylaws where only four directors have the right to take action for the full board. I have been on the board for almost four years now and I have heard the term “executive board” from some people, again I find nothing in the bylaws talking about an executive board. I do have issues with a statement which was placed on forums and our WEB site “The Board of Directors has issued the following advisory…” I and seven other members of the board did not vote on this issue to send a statement out to the members or in fact change the rules. Before I posted this on this forum, the above statement was sent to all KCBS board members. Here is one response I received from a board member (name withheld.) “Although I understand Don's statement, I want the board to know that, personally, I have no problem with the officers of the board making this decision without consulting with the rest of us since a decision needed to be made in a timely manner. I believe this is an perfect example of why arbitrary time restrictions often deter this board from acting in the best interest of our members ... and in this case, especially our judges.” My response that is with emails and phones the way they are today we could have had a quorum in an hour’s time.” We have a provision to provide for the proper handling of such situations as this parsley issue already clearly outlined in our bylaws: “Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened” This seems pretty clear to me, simply call an emergency board meeting and set up a conference call to discuss the matter. So to end this post if you like the way only a few run KCBS then great but if you believe that you have elected 12 members to serve you, the KCBS members, then I would ask that you do indeed look at who is running for the board in January and ask them where they stand on issues such as this. By the way if At Ease Moonlighters which is my cooking team was cooking this weekend, we would use parsley because I was never asked to vote on a ban.
Again this is my opinion only and to my knowledge does not represent any other members of the board. Don Harwell
The issue I am writing about is not about parsley. I am wondering where and how four members of the KCBS Board of Directors can make a decision like this or any decision. The KCBS bylaws state “Election of one class of directors by the members shall take place annually.” I may be wrong but the wording “one class” means, all members of the board are equal. I cannot find in the bylaws where only four directors have the right to take action for the full board. I have been on the board for almost four years now and I have heard the term “executive board” from some people, again I find nothing in the bylaws talking about an executive board. I do have issues with a statement which was placed on forums and our WEB site “The Board of Directors has issued the following advisory…” I and seven other members of the board did not vote on this issue to send a statement out to the members or in fact change the rules. Before I posted this on this forum, the above statement was sent to all KCBS board members. Here is one response I received from a board member (name withheld.) “Although I understand Don's statement, I want the board to know that, personally, I have no problem with the officers of the board making this decision without consulting with the rest of us since a decision needed to be made in a timely manner. I believe this is an perfect example of why arbitrary time restrictions often deter this board from acting in the best interest of our members ... and in this case, especially our judges.” My response that is with emails and phones the way they are today we could have had a quorum in an hour’s time.” We have a provision to provide for the proper handling of such situations as this parsley issue already clearly outlined in our bylaws: “Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened” This seems pretty clear to me, simply call an emergency board meeting and set up a conference call to discuss the matter. So to end this post if you like the way only a few run KCBS then great but if you believe that you have elected 12 members to serve you, the KCBS members, then I would ask that you do indeed look at who is running for the board in January and ask them where they stand on issues such as this. By the way if At Ease Moonlighters which is my cooking team was cooking this weekend, we would use parsley because I was never asked to vote on a ban.
Again this is my opinion only and to my knowledge does not represent any other members of the board. Don Harwell
