From: Wayne Murray [wayne@xnar.com]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 9:45 AM
To: 'Michelle Steinberg'; 'Matthew Marcus'; 'Mike Slaven'; 'SMK'
Cc: 'Matthew Conn'; 'Kowal, Camille, A'
Subject: Request for infomation regarding the July Meeting.
Attachments: Accrual Basis P L and accts
rec (4).pdf; Request for Fightback
Information.pdf
GCNA Board members,
Perhaps Mike can answer some of these clarifying questions and provide requested information.
1) Regarding the agenda posted to the web site, which states “- Review & Approval of CNA Annual Budget -2008-2009 - [15 min]”. Is the board going to request the approval of the membership and vote on the budget? I cannot remember what the final decision was on that item. No response, from the board, will be considered that an affirmative, no vote to be taken.
2) Is the proposed budget that was presented at the June 17th board meeting the proposed budget that will be presented to the membership at the July meeting? I do not believe we as a board made any changes nor did we approve any at the June 17th meeting. If it was changed, can you please forward the changes to the board? Due to the confusion at the June meeting regarding the last minute changes to the board agreed procedure regarding the by-laws amendments, I would like to officially request that any proposed changes to the proposed budget as presented at the June 17th board meeting be presented to the entire board via e-mail. If there is to be a “meeting to review and make changes” to the board’s proposed budget, I am officially requesting that notice of that meeting be e-mailed and that the entire board be notified and have a opportunity to participate in that meeting. No response, from the board will be considered an affirmative, that the board will be considered in any changes.
3) Please confirm that the Balance Sheet Dated June 2nd 2008, which will be presented to the membership at the July meeting, will be the Accrual Basis accounting that we received and is attached to this e-mail, with no changes made. I request that any changes to this document be noted, and that the entire board be notified via e-mail prior to the meeting. No response, will be considered an affirmative that the Accrual basis will be used as dated.
4) Please confirm that item 6030, under business expense, listed as Technical Services for $1150.00 was in fact the actual amount of the check, or checks, which were written to Organic Web Design for the preliminary CNA Web Site. I believe that this was brought up at the board meeting, but if Matt Conn was a signer on the check he can verify this rather than looking through the minutes of the Board notes. No response, will be considered that the check is for the web site.
5) Please confirm that the ongoing request for reimbursement to me for the expenditures, $133.94, for the traffic circle, and the park flyers will be paid immediately and a check mailed to Wayne Murray, 902 East Palm Lane Unit 9, Phoenix, Arizona, 85006 prior to the July general meeting. No response will be considered that the individuals writing the check are refusing to fulfil the arrangement and vote of reimbursement.
6) That the request for information made regarding the Block Watch Grant Application, which is attached, be fulfilled prior to the July general meeting. No response will be considered that those in possession of the documents are unwilling/refusing to provide them.
7) That this e-mail be documented, date received, in the official records of the CNA.
All of these items are fairly simple to answer in a few minutes, It is the multiple requests, and unauthorized changes that take place outside of the board meetings that appear to take up so much valuable time.
I am personally dismayed that I awoke to the photos above. This is our elementary school marked, and the van at the Missionary Church that delivers food to those in need in our community, marked with gang signs.
Our organization at the June meeting during my presentation on solutions and request for involvement in turning this tide was met with “torn PowerPoint papers” and none of those attending the meeting appeared to be interested in resolving these issues that I took a step to move forward on. I may add I have had very positive response, and support outside of that June Meeting and those in attendance.
There was more interest at the Meeting to turn back the progress of the vote for board members, and the progress on the by-laws than interest in anything else. I would like to state that at the end of the May Election Meeting the results were announced and not a single person objected to the election or results, no one was confused. It was only after Michelle and myself began to ask questions on the large amounts of the accounts receivables, and the financial and editorial, actions of the prior Dispatch staff that there suddenly was confusion, and a rally, by that staff, to have a second election. We must be honest here, this is not about confusion on a ballot, but about the leadership in pressing for accountability. The By-Laws progress was also halted and reversed. If there were differing opinions and suggestions to the revisions the correct method was to present them at the designated June Meeting article by article in amendment form for the membership to vote on as the revisions proposed or as individuals stepping forward with amendments proposed. Reversing that process where the individual, not the committee, can present to the membership for approval is a trampling of the rights of the individual to be able to be heard, make points in a orderly manner, above the frenzy of the crowd. This has now all been reversed to what is now a side stepping of a orderly process that took 60 days to reach and was at a point where every individual could be heard, and is now returned to a bully push and shove process, operating outside of the By-Law Committee. The time to present was at the June Meeting……..”that was the workshop”….that was the announced time and place to be heard and bring your individual suggestions in a orderly established manner. That was the orderly manner the Board had agreed to just two day prior.
I certainly hope that if the July meeting with the topic “there goes the neighborhood association”, that the individuals such as myself are given respect for being active contributing members of the community. It is my desire that anyone who again uses the platform of the CNA organization as a pulpit to make accusations and or assessing responsibility to me for any decline in the functioning of the CNA and regarding my actions or my contributions at least take the time to read all of the minutes, board and general meeting, that are posted to the web site (before they disappeared). Review the actions, reports from the committees to the board, accomplishments, and focus of the past year. The actions and conditions, and projects of the year before. And most importantly review and have a clear understanding of the finances of the past year, also how and why the forward progress of the elections and the by-laws is in a reverse direction and who and how the forward movement was initiated. Who and when others had the opportunities to resolve by-law issues, web site issues, list serve issues, communication issues, block watch issues, and historic designation issues. Prior to pointing a finger at me.
I will not take lightly to any false or misleading information presented, that projects me in a unfavorable light, regarding the condition of the organization. I ask that the organization not to continue to be used as a sounding board for accusations against my person. It is a waste of valuable time. And could just be the actual real reason for the lack of function as a neighborhood organization and the fulfillment of the mission statement.
Wayne