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Conference 7.286::dcu

Title:DCU
Notice:1996 BoD Election results in 1004
Moderator:CPEEDY::BRADLEY
Created:Sat Feb 07 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1041
Total number of notes:18759

487.0. "monthly meeting questions." by CSC32::J_HOPKINS (pars & birdies = heaven) Sat Mar 07 1992 23:18

    
    
       Are the monthly meetings open to members?
    
       Since the minutes are public record, couldn't they
       be posted in this notesfile?
    
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487.1Hmmmmm......MICROW::CAHILLJim CahillMon Mar 09 1992 13:249
>        Are the monthly meetings open to members?

Ah ha!  Now we know why the BoD meetings are held in such remote and
expensive-to-get-to locations (Bremuda, Disneyland, resorts in Maine,
etc.).  Imagine the terrible condition our credit union would be in if
members actually paid attention to what our directors did at these BoD
meetings?!

:-)
487.2GUFFAW::GRANSEWICZVote for DCU Petition CandidatesMon Mar 09 1992 15:045
    
    RE: .0
    
    The monthly meetings of the Board are not open to the members. 
    Also, the minutes are not public record.
487.3KYOA::KOCHIt never hurts to ask...Mon Mar 09 1992 15:459
    Why is this? I was on a condominium board and the only part of the
    meeting which was closed was the discussion of personnel items. In NJ,
    we have the sunshine law so that everything is public (except personnel
    items). Is this a rule of DCU or the NCUA which grants the charter. If
    the minutes had been made public, could Richard Mangone have gotten
    away with what he did?
    
    Is this something which can be changed by a new BOD? If so, do the
    "Real Choice" candidates support such a move?
487.4VSSCAD::MAYERReality is a matter of perceptionMon Mar 09 1992 16:029
>    items). Is this a rule of DCU or the NCUA which grants the charter. If
>    the minutes had been made public, could Richard Mangone have gotten
>    away with what he did?

  Yes.  If the minutes had been made available who would be reading them?  I
  doubt that anyone would have bothered reading the minutes of the BofD meeting
  of a well-run credit union (which is what it was considered at the time).

		Danny
487.5WLDBIL::KILGOREDCU -- Vote for "REAL CHOICES"Tue Mar 10 1992 00:1821
    
    Re .3:
    
>    Is this something which can be changed by a new BOD? If so, do the
>    "Real Choice" candidates support such a move?
    
    The joint statement of the "REAL CHOICES" candidates, while it does
    not specificaly address the subject BoD meeting minutes, states that
    they are committed to:
    
o Restore membership confidence through more extensive, honest, and open
  communication about what is happening at *our* credit union.  No more
  glossy brochures offering "more choices" that are actually fee increases.

    I am confident that public disclosure of Bod minutes to the extent
    permissable by law would be seriously considered by "REAL CHOICES"
    directors if it was requested by the membership.
    
    (For the complete text of the joint statement of the "REAL CHOICES"
    candidates, refer to GONAVY::DCU$PUBLIC:ELECTION_JOINT_STATEMENT.TXT)
    
487.6Last minutes available at branchjesSLOAN::HOMTue Mar 10 1992 01:0520
    Per Patty D. the last Board minutes should be available for each member
    to read at the branches.  
    
    When I turned in my picture for the ballot at DCU headquarters, I
    indeed got a chance to read the minutes.
    
    Confidental information regarding individual loans and other
    information have been blackened out. Only individuals with access to
    the full minutes can judge whetehr the censorship was appropriate or
    not. It's a tough balance between an individual's rights to privacy and
    full reporting to the membership.
    
    But this does seem to be a step in the right direction.
    
    Gim
    
    
    
    
    
487.7CADSYS::FLEECE::RITCHIEElaine Kokernak RitchieThu Nov 11 1993 19:352
It's November now.  I know you are busy, Phil, but shouldn't we be seeing
minutes from the August, and possibly the September Directors' meetings by now?
487.8ASE003::GRANSEWICZThu Nov 11 1993 20:103
    
    I'll be picking them up tomorrow and posting them ASAP.